The massacre was remembered in 1858 in a celebration organized by William Cooper Nell, an African American abolitionist who saw the death of Crispus Attucks as an opportunity to demonstrate the role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War.
Any of various rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Salmonella, especially S. enterica, which cause food poisoning, typhoid, and paratyphoid fever in humans and various infectious diseases in domestic animals. Salmonella bacteria are divided into numerous serotypes on the basis of certain antigens found in the cell wall and flagella.
Typhoid Fever Bacteria. Typhoid fever bacteria (Salmonella typhi) causes the life-threatening illness known as typhoid fever. In the United States, only about 400 cases of typhoid fever occur each year, but the illness is still common in the developing world, where it affects about 21.5 million people annually.