Twenty people were eventually executed as witches, but contrary to popular belief, none of the condemned was burned at the stake. In accordance with English law, 19 of the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were instead taken to the infamous Gallows Hill to die by hanging. The elderly Giles...
The women were interrogated, but only Tituba confessed to the crime. All three were later put in prison—not burned at the stake. Even though the three suspected witches were put away, the people of Salem became paranoid. In a fit of mass hysteria- and probably a dash of simply taking a...
Jonas knows he’s trapped himself in a lie with Shani–and wants to dig himself out. But Shani, who’s been burned before, may not give him a chance: she talks her best friendAshinto playing spy and finding out the truth. When Ash falls for Jonas, too, he keeps that news from Sha...
Published in 1884,"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain has been banned on social grounds. Concord Public Library called the book "trash suitable only for the slums," when it first banned the novel in 1885. The references to and treatment of African Americans in the novel reflect th...
reported in the rural areas of Scotland and Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries. By tradition these were attributed to the witches and goblins that were believed to be abroad on Halloween, and to those who had died during the year and were searching for a warm residence for the winter....
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