While it is good to remember Sewall's excellent early advocacy for justice and the rights of all, it is also important to remember that you had ancestors who held slaves prior to 1700. We must remember both the good and the not-so-good. (See page 107 of "Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699." By Roger Thompson.)
While it is good to remember Sewall's excellent early advocacy for justice and the rights of all, it is also important to remember that you had ancestors who held slaves prior to 1700. We must remember both the good and the not-so-good. (See page 107 of "Sex in Middlesex: Popular Mores in a Massachusetts County, 1649-1699." By Roger Thompson.)
That last sentence is powerful and interesting. I wonder how it sounded back then