jurist
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.
Everything about Samuel Sewall →- Occupation
- jurist, judge, writer, librarian
- 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