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John P. Coburn ran a gaming house for this city’s Black upper class and founded a militia named for a local Indigenous leader. Thomas Sims’s trial in this city exhibited the strength of the Fugitive Slave Act. Freemason Prince Hall founded this city’s African Lodge. Jill Lepore’s These Truths profiles Maria W. Stewart’s lectures at this city’s African Meeting House and how she moved into David (*) Walker’s house after his death. During the American Revolution, Henry Knox’s “noble train of artillery” reinforced this city’s Dorchester (-5[1])Heights. An officer from this (-5[1])city, Robert Gould Shaw, led one of the first (10[1])all-black army regiments during the Civil War. In this city, William Lloyd Garrison printed The Liberator. For 10 points, Crispus Attucks was shot by British (10[1])soldiers in what city’s namesake massacre? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Boston [accept Boston Massacre] (Coburn founded the Massasoit Guards to protect against the Fugitive Slave Act.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jacob RosenbergInnovation Academy CMississippi State84-5
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B89-5
Zach TsengGeorgia Tech DMilton9810
Manu SankaranLambertInnovation Academy B12310
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech C13010
Towery McNeilMississippi StateInnovation Academy C13010

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