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October 31, 2023
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for the Salem witch trials nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
October 31, 2023
BOSTON (AP) — In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, de
October 31, 2023
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft. The latest push comes from a group dedicated to clearing the names of all those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft in the state.
October 31, 2023
BOSTON (AP) — In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four centuries later, the state and region are still working to come to grips with the scope of its witch […]
October 31, 2023
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for the Salem witch trials nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
October 31, 2023
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
October 31, 2023
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
October 31, 2023
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
October 31, 2023
BOSTON (AP) — In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/group-seeks-to-clear-names-of-all-accused-convicted-or-executed-for-witchcraft-in-massachusetts/">Read More</a>
October 31, 2023
While much attention has focused on clearing the names of those put to death in Salem, most of those caught up in witch trials throughout the 1600s have largely been ignored, including five women hanged for witchcraft in Boston between 1648 and 1688.