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Samuel Sewall (/ ˈ sj uː əl /; March 28, 1652 – January 1, 1730) was a judge, businessman, and printer in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, best known for his involvement in the Salem witch trials, for which he later apologized, and his essay "The Selling of Joseph" (1700), which criticized slavery.
Samuel Sewall was a British-American colonial merchant and a judge in the Salem witchcraft trials, best remembered for his Diary (Massachusetts Historical Society; 3 vol., 1878–82), which provides a rewarding insight into the mind and life of the late New England Puritan.
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24 lug 2022 · Samuel Sewall was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials and the only judge to apologize for his role in the trials. Sewall was born in Bishopstoke, England on March 28, 1652. His family had previously lived in the settlement of Newbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony but temporarily returned…
Samuel Edmund Sewall (1799–1888) was an American lawyer, abolitionist, and suffragist. He co-founded the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, lent his legal expertise to the Underground Railroad, and served a term in the Massachusetts Senate as a Free-Soiler.
Giurista nordamericano (Bishopstoke, Hampshire, 1652 - Boston 1730), perseguitò le presunte streghe di Salem. Accortosi del suo errore, ne fece pubblica ritrattazione in una coraggiosa confessione. Il suo diario (1674-1729) illumina la vita pubblica e privata dell'epoca. CATEGORIE.
16 ott 2021 · Samual Sewall (1652-1730) was a businessman, a landowner and a member of a strict Puritan church community. His marriage had made him a rich man. For more than 30 years, he was also a judge in Boston, a port in one of the British colonies in America, with some 10,000 inhabitants around the year 1700. Despite his busy schedule, Sewall ...
22 set 2017 · Samuel Sewall wrote an abolitionist pamphlet called The Selling of Joseph, condemning the selling and trading of African slaves. Sewall was one of the first would-be Native American advocates who suggested placing tribes on reservations.
