Attucks to him. As the Wampanoag typically had straight black hair, Attucks being described as having short, curly hair is not consistent with his being a full-blooded Indian, but it is consistent with his having a mixed African-Wampanoag ancestry. Attucks's status at the time of the massacre as a free person or a runaway slave has been a matter of debate for historians.

Attucks became a sailor and whaler, and he spent much