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The Trial Of Nicola Sacco And Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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The Sacco Vanzetti trial was a trial that occurred during the time of the Red scare where people feared and accused others of communism. Unfortunately for these two italian men known as Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were accused of robbery and murder at the Slater and Morrill shoe factory in South Braintree in 1921. Later on both men were executed on April, 9 1927. The Sacco and Vanzetti trial was considered a witch hunt due to the red scare and the little evidence that was disproven. Due to the Red scare the men had an unfair trial and were falsely accused. Sacco and Vanzetti were never implicated with the acts of violence, they were italian immigrants who came to work and better their lives however the men were anarchist which did

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