Human blood normally has a pH of about 7.4.Certain chemical reactions within your cells can lead to an increase in the amount of H+ ions.When these ions move into the blood,buffers take up some of them,preventing the blood from becoming acidic enough to endanger cell function.
Crispus Attucks, (born 1723?âdied March 5, 1770, Boston, Mass. [U.S.]) American hero, martyr of the Boston Massacre. Attucksâs life prior to the day of his death is still shrouded in mystery. Although nothing is known definitively about his ancestry, his father is thought to be Prince Yonger, a slave who was brought to America, while his mother is thought to be Nancy Attucks, a Natick Indian.
Aside from the event of his death, along with Samuel Gray and James Caldwell, little is known for certain about Attucks. Despite the lack of clarity, Attucks became an icon of the anti-slavery movement in the 18th century. He was held up as the first martyr of the American Revolution, along with the others killed.