Witches being hung

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Title: Witches being hung
Description: Detail from the book, England's grievance discovered, in relation to the coal-trade... by Ralph Gardiner, 1655, "Many poor women imprisoned and hanged for witches"
Bibliographic Citation: https://connecticuthistory.org/witchcraft-in-connecticut/
Type: image
Language: English
Rights: Public Domain
Source: https://connecticuthistory.org/witchcraft-in-connecticut/
Original Item: sjsu-library.github.io
Identifier: unionist--image-0342
IIIF Manifest: https://sjsu-library.github.io/unionist/img/derivatives/iiif/unionist--image-0342/manifest.json
Category: Image
Related Transcription: unionist--text-0049
Location of Related Text in Issue: 1833-08-08 p03.35
Caption: Indeed, the hanging of witches is a disgrace in New England history, as is the criminalization of Black education in the case of the Canterbury Female Academy.