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Famous American Trials
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Boston Massacre Trials
 

1770 

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Soldiers Trial
Account
The Boston Massacre (engraving by Paul Revere). 
The engraving is not an accurate depiction of the actual event.
Summation of
John Adams
Anonymous 
Account of Massacre
Preston & Eyewitness
Depositions
Diary Entry of
John Adams
The Boston Massacre Trials: An Account
by  Douglas Linder  (c) 2001  
"The Part I took in Defence of Cptn. Preston and the Soldiers, procured me Anxiety, and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life, and one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country. Judgment of Death against those Soldiers would have been as foul a Stain upon this Country as the Executions of the Quakers or Witches, anciently. As the Evidence was, the Verdict of the Jury was exactly right."   --John Adams
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