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Judge Sewall's Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of an American Conscience
The Salem witch hunt has entered our vocabulary as the very essence of injustice. Judge Samuel Sewall presided at these trials, passing harsh judgment on the condemned. But five years later, he publicly recanted his guilty verdicts and begged for forgiveness. This extraordinary act was a turning point not only for Sewall but also for America's nascent values and mores.
In Judge Sewall's Apology, Richard Francis draws on the judge's own diaries, which enables us to see the early colonists not as grim ideologues, but as flesh-and-blood idealists, striving for a new society while coming to terms with the desires and imperfections of ordinary life. Through this unsung hero of the American conscience - a Puritan, an antislavery agitator, a defender of Native American rights, and a Utopian theorist - we are granted a fresh perspective on a familiar drama.
In Judge Sewall's Apology, Richard Francis draws on the judge's own diaries, which enables us to see the early colonists not as grim ideologues, but as flesh-and-blood idealists, striving for a new society while coming to terms with the desires and imperfections of ordinary life. Through this unsung hero of the American conscience - a Puritan, an antislavery agitator, a defender of Native American rights, and a Utopian theorist - we are granted a fresh perspective on a familiar drama.
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Publisher : Harper Perennial; Annotated edition (Aug. 1 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 0007163630
ISBN-13 : 978-0007163632
Item weight : 340 g
Dimensions : 13.49 x 1.75 x 20.32 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #636,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#276 in Law Biographies (Books)
#464 in United States Colonial History (Books)
#465 in United States Colonial Period
Customer Reviews: 4.1
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Publisher : Harper Perennial; Annotated edition (Aug. 1 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 0007163630
ISBN-13 : 978-0007163632
Item weight : 340 g
Dimensions : 13.49 x 1.75 x 20.32 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #636,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#276 in Law Biographies (Books)
#464 in United States Colonial History (Books)
#465 in United States Colonial Period
Customer Reviews: 4.1
21 ratings
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