it’s the 333rd anniversary of the first casualty of the Salem Witch Trials.
Bridget Bishop was a midwife, hung for charges of witchcraft and conspiracy with the devil.
Accused by children, betrayed by women, executed by men.
I think often of her and the consequences of faith taken at face value.
Bridget Bishop was a midwife, hung for charges of witchcraft and conspiracy with the devil.
Accused by children, betrayed by women, executed by men.
I think often of her and the consequences of faith taken at face value.
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Today, 6/11, would have been her burial, per the records that families retrieved bodies afterwards.
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It sends chills down my spine because I know this country's history.