Jonathan Sewall
Played by Guy Henry
Tory Attorney General for Massachusetts colony and a long-time friend of Adams. Impressed with Adams' defense of the British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre trial, Sewall offered him a position with the crown, which Adams refused. Sewall left for London at the start of the Revolution. He never returned to America.
About the Series
John Adams (HBO)
Executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, this epic miniseries event profiles one of America’s Founding Fathers as he guides his country through the uncertainty of its first tumultuous years.
