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To: CheshireTheCat

My wife and I just returned from a short trip to Salem.
We learned that 19 people suspected of witchcraft were executed. Eighteen were hanged; and one was pressed to death.

None of the suspects was burned at the stake. Buring was done in Europe not in the colonies.


2 posted on 09/19/2021 4:25:35 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: Maine Mariner

Interesting thing. Those who were arrested for witchcraft and pleaded “Guilty” were given fines and jail time but not executed.

Only those who pleaded “NOT GUILTY” and found “guilty” were hanged.


9 posted on 09/19/2021 5:08:49 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (OUT OF FB JAIL! and back on the attack. 4 hours! Now back in FB jail-again!)
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To: Maine Mariner

John Proctor was a distant relative on my moms side.


14 posted on 09/19/2021 5:50:41 PM PDT by Track9 (Liberalism is a far worse virus. )
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