Samuel Edmund Sewall, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1799
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 20-Dec-1888
Profession: suffragist
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Samuel Edmund Sewall
- Samuel Edmund Sewall (1799-1888) was an American lawyer, abolitionist, and suffragist.
- He was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1831, lent his legal expertise to the Underground Railroad, and served a term in the Massachusetts Senate as a Free-Soiler. Sewall was involved in several notable cases involving refugees from slavery, including George Latimer, Shadrach Minkins, Thomas Sims, Eliza Small, and Polly Ann Bates.
- He also worked to advance women's legal rights in Massachusetts. He was a descendant of the Puritan judge Samuel Sewall.
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