Tag: salem witch trials
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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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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.
Connecticut Witch Trial Exoneration Project 