trials brought Sewall infamy, he continued to receive notoriety for his 1700 publication of The Selling of Joseph. Considered the first anti-slavery piece published in the colonies, The Selling of Joseph presents religious arguments against slavery. Countering the prevailing social theory of the time, Sewall argues all men are created equal, using examples to prove his argument. Never one to adhere to prevailing social norms, Sewall adamantly opposed wearing then-fashionable white powder wigs and never conceded this position. Sewall died on January 1, 1730 at his Boston home." #
             William Byrd II was born in Virginia on March 28, 1674. Which is a really weird coincident because Sewall was also born on March 28, 22 years earlier. He was born to William Byrd I, a Virginia planter, and Mary Horsmanden Byrd. He was sent to England at the age of 2 for safety from Bacon's Rebellion. In 1681 He was sent to a school in England called Felsted. In 1704 he returns to Virginia upon the de
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