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Statement of Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project, May 26, 2023
A year ago today on May 26, 2022 the Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project was born out of frustration and sorrow that the stories of unjust witch trials in Connecticut resulting from fear, panic and misogyny were not acknowledged. A year later, on the eve of the 376th anniversary of the first witch-hanging in New…
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House Joint Resolution Number 34 has been passed by the House
The Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project is excited about House Joint Resolution Number 34, Resolution Concerning Certain Witchcraft Convictions in Colonial Connecticut. On May 10, 2023, the measure to absolve those accused of witchcraft was adopted by the House of Representatives by a vote of 121 to 30. HJ 34 now moves on to the…
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Please Support the Exoneration of Those Accused of Witchcraft in Connecticut
Thank you for your interest in volunteering to support the Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project. We have two important requests. First, please write to the Connecticut General Assembly to show your support for House Joint Resolution Number 34, Resolution Concerning Certain Witchcraft Convictions in Colonial Connecticut If you live in Connecticut, please write to your…
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An Introduction to the Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project
and 1697, at least 45 people were accused of witchcraft in the Connecticut and New Haven colonies. 34 people were indicted on formal charges of witchcraft, including 24 women, 6 of their husbands, 3 men charged alone, and 1 unidentified individual. 11 victims are known to have been hanged, 9 women and 2 men. Both…
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The Alice (Alse) Young Story: Significant Connections to the Rest of Early New England History Uncovered and Brought to Life in One of Windsor: the Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging Beth M Caruso
Our views of the New England witch trials are skewed by the intensity and magnitude of the Salem Witch trials of 1692. (Not to mention that the Salem trials are the only ones that get any recognition in history textbooks.) But Salem was really the last big eruption, a grand gruesome finale of many witchcraft…
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Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project Statement on Proposed Resolution to Exonerate Those Accused of Witchcraft
The Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project is pleased that Rep. Jane Garibay has introduced HJ No. 21, Resolution Recognizing the Unfair Treatment of Individuals Accused of Witchcraft During the Seventeenth Century.
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Unearthing the First American Witch Hanging Case by Beth M Caruso
Few people have ever heard of Alice ‘Alse’ Young, the first witch-hanging victim in the American colonies. The fact that ten others were also hanged in Connecticut years before the Salem witch trials is also largely unknown. My novel One of Windsor: The Untold Story of America’s First Witch Hanging aims to raise awareness about…
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Before Salem: The Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project
What is not widely known is that Salem was not the first in the colonies to hang people accused of being witches.
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Connecticut Witch Trials, an Infographic
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The Accused, by Location
Easthampton 1658 Elizabeth GarlickFairfield 1651 Goodwife BassettFairfield 1692 Mercy DisboroughFairfield 1692 Mary HarveyFairfield 1692 Hannah HarveyFairfield 1692 Goodwife MillerFairfield 1692 Mary StaplesFairfield 1653(?) Goodwife KnappFarmington 1663 Mary BarnesHartford 1662-3 Rebecca GreensmithHartford 1662-3 Nathaniel GreensmithHartford 1662-3 James WakeleyHartford 1662 Goodwife AyersHartford 1662 Mary SanfordHartford 1662 Andrew SanfordHartford 1662 Judith VarletHartford 1665 Elizabeth SeagerHartford 1665 James WakeleyHartford…
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