Why is Crispus Attucks very similar to Jesus ? (785 hits)
Crispus was a black man whose courage put him in the wrong place at the wrong time. An angry crowd pushed him in firing range of angered British soldiers in what would be called the Boston Massacre. So it was the death of a black man, Crispus, that began the American Revolution. Similarly, Jesus was a black man that was rejected by his own and the Roman authority. He was hunted down and murdered. His death marked the beginning of Christianity. In both cases, a black man had to get killed. The American Revolution is one of the major wars that affected this land. Christianity is the dominant religion of America.
