The BLOODY MASSACRE perpetrated in King--I--Street BOSTON on March 5\th 1770 by a party of the 29\th REG\T

This hand-colored engraving, produced by silversmith and engraver Paul Revere, depicts the violent aftermath of skirmish in Boston on March 5, 1770, an event now known as the Boston Massacre. An important milestone in American print culture, this image underscores the city's reputation as the center of early American publishing and highlights its role as a major site for the production of pro-Revolution propaganda. Revere’s exaggerated portrayal of a multi-racial, working-class coalition animated narratives of populist concerns driving the movement for American independence.