<p>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.</p>

The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729. 2 volumes

Biographies & Memoirs

Samuel Sewall

Historical

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

<p>Authored by Samuel Sewall and presented by a Boston publisher in 1700, the pamphlet entitled The Selling of Joseph is a strong testament against slavery. It begins with a general statement and is followed by a section in which Sewall refutes some of the common arguments for slavery, using the Bible to help make his case.\nThe Selling of Joseph was published during a time when Sewall, a Massachussetts judge, was battling his proslavery rival, John Saffin, over a slave named Adam, who was seeking his freedom.</p>

The Selling of Joseph; a Memorial

History

Americas

University of Massachusetts Press

Letter-Book

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