Books

Adams, John. The Adams Papers: The Legal Papers of John Adams. (Harvard, 1965)

Emmons, William, ed. Transcript of the Trial of the Soldiers (1824).

Hansen, Harry. The Boston Massacre: An Episode of Dissent and Violence. (Hastings House, 1970). [This book contains numerous factual inaccuracies.]

Kidder, Frederic. History of the Boston Massacre. (Munsell, 1870).

 
Zobel, Hiller B. The Boston Massacre (Norton, 1970). [Zobels' book is considered the definitive treatment of the massacre and trial.]

 

Internet

Boston Massacre (iBoston)
This site includes information on Massacre-related sites around Boston.

Boston Massacre (Historywiz)
This site contains information on the Paul Revere engraving depicting the massacre.

Boston Massacre Historical Society

Library of Congress: John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial

Crispus Attucks

 

Video

Discovery Channel. Unsolved History: The Boston Massacre (2003).


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