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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" (), which criticized slavery.


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Sam Sewall graduated from Harvard () and became a prominent merchant in Boston before being appointed a Member of the Governor's Council and then Justice of the Massachusetts .

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Famous for his Diary, Sewall was a representative of a new breed of Puritans who took more interest in secular matters like business, politics, and good living.


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Samuel Sewall (December 11, – June 8, ) was an American lawyer and congressman.