Monster Essays - Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
70 years ago, on August 23rd, 1927, the State of Massachusetts executed
immigrant anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, after an
international campaign to stop their execution. This page is a tribute to
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 electrocu....
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