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To: Polybius
Some of their "exposition and application of Scripture" was to die for.

Always interesting to hear from the "pro witchcraft" element on FR.

10 posted on 01/20/2007 8:10:16 AM PST by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy
Always interesting to hear from the "pro witchcraft" element on FR.

The human beings listed below died at Puritan hands in 1692 and a total of between between 175 and 200 people were imprisoned for "Witchcraft".

Questions, Alex Murphy:

1. How many of those human beings do you believe were actually "witches"?

2. How many of those human beings do you believe deserved to die?

3. What do you think that Christ would say about the interpretation of Scripture used by the Puritans as an excuse to execute those human beings?

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Hanged on June 10

Bridget Bishop, Salem

Hanged on July 19

Sarah Good, Salem Village

Rebecca Nurse, Salem Village

Susannah Martin, Amesbury

Elizabeth How, Ipswich

Sarah Wilds, Topsfield

Hanged on August 19

George Burroughs, Wells, Maine

John Proctor, Salem Village

John Willard, Salem Village

George Jacobs, Sr., Salem Town

Martha Carrier, Andover

September 19

Giles Corey, Salem Farms, pressed to death

Hanged on September 22

Martha Corey, Salem Farms

Mary Eastey, Topsfield

Alice Parker, Salem Town

Ann Pudeater, Salem Town

Margaret Scott, Rowley

Wilmott Reed, Marblehead

Samuel Wardwell, Andover

Mary Parker, Andover

Other accused witches that were not hanged, but died in prison:

Sarah Osborne, Salem Village

Roger Toothaker, Billerica

Lyndia Dustin, Reading

Ann Foster, Andover

Thirteen others may have also died in prison, but sources conflict on the exact number.

11 posted on 01/20/2007 9:05:23 AM PST by Polybius
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