On January 19 , 1770 , six weeks before the Boston Massacre , Isaac Sears and others tried to stop some soldiers from posting handbills . Sears captured some of the soldiers and marched his captives towards the mayor 's office , while the rest of the British soldiers ran to the barracks to sound the alarm . A crowd of townsfolk arrived along with a score of soldiers . The soldiers were surrounded and badly outnumbered . Fellow soldiers tried to rescue them but were ordered to their barracks . As they were being escorted to their barracks , they reached Golden Hill , where an officer said , “ Soldiers , draw your bayonets and cut your way through them . " More soldiers arrived and a group of officers arrived to disperse the soldiers before the situation got totally out of hand . Several of the soldiers were badly bruised and one had a serious wound . Some of the townsfolk were wounded and according to some sources , there was one death , though this is disputed
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Battle of Golden Hill