All posts tagged "Salem"
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7.8KNew England PlacesSix Courageous Heroes From New England
Not all courageous heroes receive their due on Veterans or any other day. So many sacrifices have gone unheralded, so many men...
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11.8K2Arts and LeisureThe Mysterious 1644 Portrait of Roger Williams
A portrait of Roger Williams is easy to sketch in words: Baptist minister banished from Massachusetts, founding father of Rhode Island and...
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19.1K5ConnecticutHannah Cranna, the Connecticut Witch Who Didn’t Stand Trial
Like most people accused of witchcraft, Hannah Cranna had a difficult temperament. Some might call her a shrew. She demanded favors of...
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33.0K1Rhode IslandObadiah Holmes, The Baptist Martyr The Puritans Should Have Left Alone
The Puritan leaders of Massachusetts viewed Obadiah Holmes as a loathsome Baptist, and they ordered him whipped 30 times in public. They...
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41.3K10MassachusettsMary Webster, the Witch of Hadley, Survives a Hanging
A Massachusetts jury acquitted Mary Webster of witchcraft in 1683, but her Hadley neighbors still thought her a witch – especially since...
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52.0K22MassachusettsExactly How New England’s Indian Population Was Decimated
Even before European colonists thinned the Indian population in New England, war and disease had already begun their dirty work. A team...
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