Revolutionary War through the Ayiti lens (1): Crispus Attucks, first killed at the Boston Massacre (1770), widely described as of African and Wampanoag/Natick…
Year: 1770 · Places: Carolinas, Georgia, Northeast, Ayiti, Europe, Africa
SUMMARYRevolutionary War through the Ayiti lens (1): Crispus Attucks, first killed at the Boston Massacre (1770), widely described as of African and Wampanoag/Natick descent. Siege of Savannah (1779): about 500-750 Chasseurs-Volontaires de Saint-Domingue; veterans Andre Rigaud and Louis-Jacques Beauvais later led in the Haitian Revolution (Christophe = tradition). Admiral de Grasse's fleet left Cap-Francais, Saint-Domingue, in August 1781 with about 3,000 garrison troops and Havana money, blockaded Yorktown, Cornwallis surrendered. His son, the Comte de Grasse-Tilly, co-founded the Scottish Rite Mother Council (Charleston 1801) and Supreme Council of France (1804) (P111). Record.