Samuel Sewall
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Salem witch trial judge; early abolitionist; chief justice of Massachusetts
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, 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. He served for many years as the chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature, the province's high court.
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