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Newly discovered witchcraft accusations reshape our understanding of CT history
The cases documented in the 1700s show that witchcraft accusations were happening in Connecticut much later than previously thought. It may be a little known fact to some: Connecticut’s witch trials pre-dated the trials in Salem, Massachusetts by decades. While the Salem panic was around 1692-93, the first known execution in what is now the United States was in...
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Newly discovered witchcraft accusations reshape our understanding of CT history
The cases documented in the 1700s show that witchcraft accusations were happening in Connecticut much later than previously thought.
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Connecticut Lawmakers Absolve Accused Colonial-Era Witches, Apologize for ‘Miscarriage of Justice'
With distant family members looking on, Connecticut senators voted Thursday to absolve the 12 women and men convicted of witchcraft — 11 of whom were executed — more than 370 years ago and apologize for the “miscarriage of justice” that occurred over a dark 15-year-period of the state’s colonial history. The Senate voted 33-1 in favor of a resolution that…
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Exoneration of Witchcraft Crimes Being Considered
The state’s Judiciary Committee heard testimony Wednesday about a House Joint Resolution that would exonerate people accused of witchcraft. Supporters would like those who were executed for these crimes in Connecticut, to have their names cleared. Between 1647 and 1697, at least 34 people were accused of such crimes, with 11 people hanged for it in Connecticut. Now, lawmakers are…
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Proposed Resolution Seeks to Atone for Connecticut Witch Trials
Seeking atonement for those convicted of witchcraft in Connecticut after more than 370 years. A proposed resolution in the state legislature aiming to have the state apologize for the prosecution of witchcraft during colonial times.
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Proposed Resolution Seeks to Atone for Connecticut Witch Trials
Seeking atonement for those convicted of witchcraft in Connecticut after more than 370 years. A proposed resolution in the state legislature aiming to have the state apologize for the prosecution of witchcraft during colonial times. Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, Connecticut reckoned with trials of its own where dozens of people, mostly women were accused of witchcraft. “They were…
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Lawmakers Mulling Over Possibility of Exonerating CT Women Accused of Witchcraft
A proposed resolution in the state legislature would have the state name and formally apologize to the people who were tried for witchcraft during Colonial times.