Samuel Sewall

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colonial American diarist judge person

Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial American → diarist → judge → person →
advocatedFor	opposition to slavery in New England →
almaMater	Harvard College →
apologyDate	1697-01-14 →
birthDate	1652-03-28 →
birthPlace	Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England →
burialPlace	Granary Burying Ground →
confessedFor	errors in the Salem witch trials →
countryOfCitizenship	Massachusetts Bay Colony →
deathDate	1730-01-01 →
deathPlace	Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay →
educatedAt	Harvard College →
endTime	1728 →
ethnicGroup	English American →
familyName	Sewall →
fatherInLaw	John Hull →
fullName	Samuel Sewall →
genre	diary →
givenName	Samuel →
graduationYear	1671 →
hasGenre	legal writing → religious writing →
knownFor	early antislavery tract "The Selling of Joseph" → public repentance for involvement in the Salem witch trials → role in the Salem witch trials →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
madePublicConfessionAt	Old South Meeting House →
memberOf	Massachusetts General Court →
notableWork	The Diary of Samuel Sewall → anti-slavery pamphlet "The Selling of Joseph" →
numberOfChildren	14 →
occupation	diarist → judge → magistrate → merchant → politician →
participantIn	Salem witch trials →
positionHeld	Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts Bay → Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature of Massachusetts Bay →
publicationDate	1700 →
religion	Puritanism →
residence	Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony →
spouse	Hannah Hull →
startTime	1718 →
wrote	The Selling of Joseph →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Diary of Samuel Sewall → The Selling of Joseph → The Selling of Joseph →	author
The Diary of Samuel Sewall →	associatedWithPerson
Samuel Sewall →	fullName
Sewall →	hasNotableBearer
Court of Oyer and Terminer →	judge