Tag: Connecticut
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Podcast Episode: Connecticut Witch Trials 101 Part 2: Witchcraft Belief, the Founding of Connecticut, and Alice Young
In episode 28 of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast, we continued our 101 series on the Connecticut Witch Trials. We discussed witchcraft belief in the early modern West, the development of the Connecticut colony, and the case of Alice Young, first person hanged for witchcraft in New England.
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Podcast Episode: Connecticut Witch Trials 101, Part 1
In episode 26 of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast, we began a 101 series on the Connecticut Witch Trials, providing a thorough overview.
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Podcast Episode: Goody Bassett, Accused Witch of Stratford, Connecticut
On a bonus episode of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast, we discussed honoring the memory of Goody Bassett, who was executed for witchcraft in Stratford in 1651.
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Podcast Episode: Representative Jane Garibay on Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Legislation
On our 21st episode of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast, we discussed exonerating the people accused of witchcraft in colonial Connecticut.
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Podcast Episode: Between God and Satan with Beth Caruso and Katherine Hermes
On our 19th episode of Thou Shalt Not Suffer: The Witch Trial Podcast, we discussed potential ties between witch trials in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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RESOLUTION CONCERNING CERTAIN WITCHCRAFT CONVICTIONS IN COLONIAL CONNECTICUT
Resolved by this Assembly: WHEREAS, the courts in the early British colonies of Connecticut and New Haven indicted at least thirty-four women and men for the alleged crimes of witchcraft and familiarities with the devil and convicted twelve of them, executing eleven, and it is now accepted by the historical profession and society as a…
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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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