Salem Witch Trials
Connecticut May Exonerate Accused Witches Centuries Later
2023-02-01 16:56:32
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Connecticut May Exonerate Accused Witches Centuries Later
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft. The Windsor town clerk registered... Read More
Middle Schoolers Secure Exoneration for Last ‘Salem Witch’
2022-08-04 21:27:53
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Dan McCue
BOSTON — At long last, perhaps, Elizabeth Johnson Jr. can rest in peace. Last week, some 329 years after she was convicted of being a witch at the infamous Salem witch trials, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker formally pardoned her, doing... Read More
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