Download or read book Judge Sewall's Apology written by Richard Francis and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2006 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Francis draws on [Salem witch trial judge Samuel Sewall'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"--Amazon.com (previous printing).