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Judge Sewall's Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of an American Conscience
Richard Francis
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| #1369366 in Books | Francis, Richard | 2006-08-01 | 2006-08-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x.69 x5.31l,.77 | File type: PDF | 432 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A good read about a very "human" Puritan man|By K. Davidson|I'm a student of the witch trials, and as Sewall was the only public figure to stand before his fellow congregants and issue an apology for his part, I had to learn more about him. Despite his being a well-connected and well-off Puritan man, I discovered that I sort of like and admire him. In many ways he was ahead o|From Publishers Weekly|In this lively chronicle, historian Francis (Transcendental Utopias) offers a compelling portrait of the decline of Puritan ways in the late 17th century and the ascent of a secular spirit in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Although d
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 en...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Judge Sewall's Apology: The Salem Witch Trials and the Forming of an American Conscience | Richard Francis.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
