Masschusetts Witch-Hunt Justice Project Seeks To Clear Names
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
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Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for the Salem witch trials nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
Massachusetts has already made efforts to come to terms with its history of witch trials — proceedings that allowed "spectral evidence" in which victims could testify that the accused harmed them in a dream or vision.
Massachusetts is working to fully atone for the Salem witch trials nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.
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