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Diary Of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729 (research Library Of Colonial Americana) by Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Samuel Sewall (1652-1730) 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. He served for many years as the chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature, the province's high court. Sewall's diary is considered a unique insight into the life of a pious Puritan, and an important historical record documenting the early days of the Massachusetts community.

Author

Sewall, Samuel, 1652-1730

Publisher

N.Y., Farrar

Published

1972

Language

EN

ISBN

9780405033117

Subjects

History, Humanities