Freethinkers such as Voltaire in France and John Locke in England pushed back the night of superstition with the light of reason.
May 26: Alse Young Executed for Witchcraft
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Alse Young (1647): First American Execution for Witchcraft It was on this date, May 26, 1647, that the first witch was hanged in America for the crime of witchcraft. Alse Young was arrested, tried for this capital offense in Windsor, Connecticut, and hanged at Meeting House Square in Hartford, on what is now the site […]
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