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Samuel Sewall

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Samuel Sewall

Salem witch trial judge; early abolitionist; chief justice of Massachusetts

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About Samuel Sewall

Samuel Sewall 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. He served for many years as the chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature, the province's high court.

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Occupation: jurist, judge, writer, librarian

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by John Smibert via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Position held

judge, Harvard University Librarian, Harvard University Librarian

Citizenship

Commonwealth of England, Kingdom of Great Britain

Born

March 28, 1652

Died

January 1, 1730

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