Sacco and vanzetti summary
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco (22 April 1891 – 23 August 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (11 June 1888 – 23 August 1927) were two Italiananarchists who were convicted of murder in the United States in 1920. They were executed on August 23, 1927.
Their trial has been called "one of the most divisive in the history of the United States."[1] Many people have argued that the two men were innocent and were wrongfully convicted because of their political beliefs.[2][3]
Background
[change | change source]Sacco and Vanzetti immigrated from Italy to the United States in 1908. Sacco became a shoemaker, and Vanzetti sold fish.
As anarchists, they opposed World War I. To avoid being drafted into the United States Army, they fled to Mexico in 1917.[4] Later they returned to the United States, but risked being deported because of their actions.[4]
Trial
[change | change source]Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of murdering two men (Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter) while robbing the Slater and Morrill Sh
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During the 20th century, a number of trials have excited widespread public interest. One of the first cause celebrities was the case of Nicola Sacco, a 32-year-old shoemaker, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, a 29-year-old fish peddler, who were accused of double murder. On April 15, 1920, a paymaster and a payroll guard carrying a factory payroll of $15,776 were shot to death during a robbery in Braintree, Massachusetts, near Boston. About three weeks later, Sacco and Vanzetti were charged with the crime. Their trial aroused intense controversy because it was widely believed that the evidence against the men was flimsy, and that they were being prosecuted for their immigrant background and their radical political beliefs. Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists who advocated the violent overthrow of capitalism.
It was the height of the post-World War I Red Scare, and the atmosphere was seething with anxieties about Bolshevism, aliens, domestic bombings, and labor unrest. Revolutionary upheavals had been triggered by the wa
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Biographical Information
Nicola Sacco was born in the Southern Itaian small town of Torremaggiore on April 22, 1891. He emigrated to the United States in 1908. Upon arrival he learned the trade of shoe-edge trimming and got a job working at a shoe-company in Milford, MA. He soon married and fathered a son.
Bartolomeo Vanzetti was born on June 11, 1888. The Vanzetti family lived in Northern Italy in the town of Villafalletto. Vanzetti also emigrated to the United States in 1908. He worked as a kitchen helper in NewYork, and after losing his job drifted to Boston where he worked odd jobs and met Sacco.
Sacco and Vanzetti feared the draft during World War I and in objection fled to Mexico with Sacco's family. When the war ended both returned to their homes. After they returned the two became more active in the anarchist community. Vanzetti began reading about industrial society and revolt and both began distributing anarchist and revolutionary literature.
In 1920, the two were charged with robbery of a shoe factory and murder of the paymaster and payroll guard in South Bra
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