An old engraving of the ‘Ropewalk Massacre’ Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1770. It is from a Victorian history book of The ropemaking industry continued to expand between the 1730s and the Revolutionary War. Boston’s ropewalks became one of the many places where resistance to the British Crown developed into a fledgling revolution. Scuffles broke out between British soldiers and workers at the Atkinson Street ropewalks. It turned into a serious confrontation and ropeworkers Samuel Grey and Crispus Attucks were both killed.
An old engraving of the ‘Ropewalk Massacre’ Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1770. It is from a Victorian history book of The ropemaking industry continued to expand between the 1730s and the Revolutionary War. Boston’s ropewalks became one of the many places where resistance to the British Crown developed into a fledgling revolution. Scuffles broke out between British soldiers and workers at the Atkinson Street ropewalks. It turned into a serious confrontation and ropeworkers Samuel Grey and Crispus Attucks were both killed.
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