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Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti - Online Papers

Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti

70 years ago, on August 23rd, 1927, the State of Massachusetts executed
immigrant anarchists, , after an
international campaign to stop their execution. This page is a tribute to
their memory.
Nicola Sacco was born in Italy and emigrated to the United States in 1908.
With Bartolomeo Vanzetti he was arrested on charges of murdering a shoe
factory paymaster and guard at South Braintree, Massachusetts. They were
tried and convicted in an atmosphere of antiradical hysteria. The trial
ended July 14, 1921, and they were electrocuted August 23, 1927. During the
years of their incarceration, widespread doubt of their guilt reached
worldwide proportions resulting in protest. Many books and ...

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on August 23,
1927. With the encouragement of supporters, Vanzeffi issued letters and
articles from his prison cell and displayed a highly sensitive intelligence
despite the fact that he was largely self-educated. The Sacco-Vanzetti case
inspired controversy reaching worldwide proportions. Belief in their
innocence became widespread as they were seen to be victims of
antianarchist hatred.

Neither has been officially cleared of the charges against them in the
State of Massachusetts although considerable pressure has periodically
mounted to bring this about.

(Irving Horowitz, The Anarchists, 1964, Dell Publishing)

From the Prominent Anarchists and Left-Libertarians page.

Bibliography

The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) by
Nicola Sacco, Marion Denman Frankfurter (Editor), Gardner Jackson. Rpt
Edition Paperback, 320 pages. Published by Penguin USA (Paper). Publication
date: August 1, 1997. Dimensions (in inches): 7.80 x 5.12 x .91. ...

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