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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.
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).
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.
Connecticut was “much harsher” in its treatment of accused witches than Massachusetts, according to one historian. Colonists accused of being witches were executed 300 years ago. They may be ...
The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93. These witch trials were the most famous in British North America and took place in the coastal settlements near Salem, Massachusetts. Prior to the witch trials, nearly three hundred men and women had been suspected of partaking in witchcraft, and nineteen of these people were hanged, and one was ...
The last execution of a witch in the Dutch Republic was probably in 1613. [92] In Denmark, this took place in 1693 with the execution of Anna Palles [93] and in Norway the last witch execution was of Johanne Nilsdatter in 1695, [94] and in Sweden Anna Eriksdotter in 1704. In other parts of Europe, the practice died down later.
In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly ...
Pages in category "American people executed for witchcraft" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.