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Start · Salem, Massachusetts · 1692
The First to Hang at SalemConvicted largely on spectral evidence, the claim that her ghostly shape had attacked her accusers, she was the first person executed in the Salem witch trials.
same spot · Salem, Massachusetts · 1692
The Killing Ground of SalemA colonial village turned mass hysteria into mass execution, hanging nineteen people at the foot of Gallows Hill in 1692.
426 m on · Salem · 1692
The Enslaved Woman Who Started the Salem Witch TrialsHer confession to save herself named two other women as witches, setting off accusations that would kill twenty people.
same spot · Salem · 1692
The Farmer Who Was Pressed To Death For SilenceAn elderly farmer refused to enter a plea and was crushed under stones over two days rather than let his tormentors win.
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