Biography on sacco and vanzetti wikipedia
Sacco and vanzetti trial.
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.
Biography on sacco and vanzetti wikipedia
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 murde