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This is a list of people associated with the Salem Witch Trials, a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between March 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, most of whom were women.
This is a list of at least 351 people executed in Massachusetts, United States. ... Witchcraft/Salem witch trials 1692-09-22 Hanging ... 1900-1947: 65 executions ...
The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people. Five others died in jail. Five others died in jail. It has been estimated that tens of thousands of people were executed for witchcraft in Europe and the American colonies over several hundred years.
Pages in category "Executed American women" ... (Salem witch trials) Frankie Stewart Silver; ... This page was last edited on 11 October 2024, ...
March 24, 1900: Accused of murder: Cotton killed by a white mob; O'Grady Killed by African-American mob [212] O'Grady, Brandt: White Lee, William: 29: African American: Hinton: Summers: West Virginia: May 11, 1900: Assault on a white woman [213] Pete, Dago: African American: Tutwiler: Tallahatchie: Mississippi: June 1900: Assaulted colored woman
Abigail Williams was one of the first girls to make accusations of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, eventually leading to the start of the Salem witch trials. After her final appearance in court in 1692, Williams appears to disappear from the historical record, and her eventual whereabouts and fate remain unknown.
on Sunday, Shazam! star Zachary Levi was shocked to learn that his paternal 10-times great-grandmother Elizabeth Clawson was accused of being a witch in the year 1692, the same year as the Salem ...
The Salem Witch Trials Memorial Park in Salem The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identified as Mary Walcott. The 300th anniversary of the trials was marked in 1992 in Salem and Danvers by a variety of events. A memorial park was dedicated in Salem which included stone slab benches inserted in the stone wall ...