Connecticut Witch Trials Book draws interest by many
I have this book in my wish list if anyone wants to gift me a copy!! I am looking forward to reading it
I love the history of our country, especially witch and ghost stories. I have traveled several states across the country and I search for history as I travel. Stopping by shops, hotels, parks, cemeteries, parks and streets of houses just to ponder and wonder of the past, the history and truth behind the places of our land.
Most everyone has read or heard of the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials of 1692 in colonial America, where 20 people (women and a couple men) thought to be ‘witches’ were put on trial and many put to death when found guilty. Yet, mostly unknown there were hundreds more from miles outside of Salem who were accused and spent time in jail before the hysteria ended. One of the most notorious of these “forgotten” witch incidents happened a generation before Salem in Hartford, Connecticut. Colonial Connecticut had a series of witch trials that were held between the 1640’s and 1690’s, though the last witch execution in Connecticut took place in 1662. In fact, of the thirty-five recorded witch trials in Connecticut during this time, eleven resulted in executions, which nearly equaled the Salem numbers.
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