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[mas-uh-ker] / ˈmæs ə kər /




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He had become acquainted with Revere by 1763, and purchased things from him, mostly small silver frames, but the relationship did not last beyond 1770, the year of the Boston Massacre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Hoover’s last book with History Press, The Kelayres Massacre, was put out just a few months after Arcadia acquired the publisher.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2025

For the founding generation, their defining experience of the dangers of domestic deployment of the military was the Boston Massacre and the quartering of British troops in private homes.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2025

The last two known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Lessie Benningfield Randle and Viola Ford Fletcher, lost a long court battle seeking reparations last summer.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2025

I learn about slavery, the Civil War, and the Tulsa Race Massacre.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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