Crispus Attucks (1723-1770)

You were once a slave, but you now live as a sailor aboard a ship.
You are of African and Native American descent.
Your size and strength make you a valuable sailor and laborer.
You use the name "Michael Johnson," possibly to conceal your past as a slave.
Your ship was in town the evening of the Boston Massacre. You join the crowd and are one of the first to be killed. You are commemorated as the first African American to die in the Revolution.