- John Saffin
John Saffin (1626-1710) was a
Boston merchant, best known for his "A Brief and Candid Answer" toSamuel Sewall 's "The Selling of Joseph". [Peter Kolchin, "American Slavery", Penguin History, paperback edition, 64]Biography
Born in
Somerset ,England , John Saffin moved to the American Continent as a young boy, and settled inScituate ,Massachusetts .After a career as a shrewd merchant in Boston, he moved to Bristol,
Rhode Island in 1687. The rest of his life was marked by his conflict withSamuel Sewall over the issue of slavery. [ [http://college.hmco.com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/colonial/saffin_jo.html Heath Anthology of American LiteratureJohn Saffin - Author Page ] ]Bibliography
* "A Brief and Candid Answer", 1700
* "John Saffin, His Book (1665-1708): A Collection of Various Matters of Divinity, Law, & State Affairs Epitomiz'd Both in Verse and Prose", published posthumously in 1928 [ [http://myweb.wvnet.edu/~jelkins/lp-2001/saffin.html Saffin, John ] ]References
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