Samuel Sewall

1652 - 1730

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Commonwealth of England, Great Britain

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Harvard University, Harvard College

occupation: jurist, judge, writer, librarian

position held: judge, Harvard University Librarian

Samuel Sewall (; March 28, 1652 – January 1, 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)