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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.
Samuel Sewall is best known as one of the nine judges who condemned witches to death in the Salem witch trials of 1692 – an act for which he later apologized. His detailed diary records many of the actions and thoughts of a life that spanned 77 years from 1652 to 1730. Routine Traffic Stop Turns Into Pregnancy Reveal For Police Officer | Happily TV
Oct 16, 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 ...
Jul 24, 2022 · Learn about Samuel Sewall, the only judge to apologize for his role in the Salem Witch Trials. Find out his biography, diary entries, and legacy in this article.
Samuel Sewall, a Boston merchant and judge, published the first anti-slavery pamphlet in North America in 1700. He argued that slavery was unjust, unbiblical, and harmful to the colony, and advocated for white servants instead of black slaves.
Sep 22, 2017 · S amuel Sewall was a prominent businessman and judge in Boston during a time of social and political upheaval in the Massachusetts colony. He is perhaps best known for making a dramatic public apology for the role he played as a judge in the Salem witch trials, which resulted in the executions of nineteen people.
