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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.
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.
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 managed to ...
Jun 8, 2018 · 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.
Image \(\PageIndex{1}\): Samuel Sewell Sewall managed Boston’s printing press and served as deputy of the General Court in 1683 and as member of the Council from 1684 to 1686. He helped negotiate a restoration of the Massachusetts Charter, causing him to stay in England almost a full year.
Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) Contributing Editor: Carla Mulford Classroom Issues and Strategies. Most students have trouble placing the reading of a diary within the context of traditional literary study.
