People Hidden In History

Success - 1600's Connecticut Witches Exonerated

July 03, 2023 Season 1 Episode 19
Success - 1600's Connecticut Witches Exonerated
People Hidden In History
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People Hidden In History
Success - 1600's Connecticut Witches Exonerated
Jul 03, 2023 Season 1 Episode 19

This episode will provide the background to the successful exoneration (by the passing of Resolution HJ 34 in Connecticut). You'll hear from the same 4 people that were interviewed in my series (from July 2022) and the tremendous efforts it took to get this bill passed. There were many components to this positive outcome - working w/ local representatives (including Rep. Jane Garibay), many volunteers and the power of various social media outlets. Also this team's involvement with Dr. Leo Igwe, a human right's activist from Nigeria, fighting modern day witch killings. These 4 people will also tell how this has impacted their lives. Please see related links at the end.
1st Interview: Beth Caruso, Josh Hutchinson, Sarah Jack
2nd Interview: Mary Louise Bingham

Episode Markers: (in min:secs)

  • Details and Timeline on Resolution (1:22)
  •  Introductions &  Activities over the last year (2:22)
  • The group in CT for the passing of the bill (24:03)
  • Impacts personal & otherwise (24:59)
  • Reading the names of witches who were hanged (33:47)
  • Wrap-up of 1st Interview (38:47)
  • Postscripts - 1st Interview (39:33)
  • 2nd Interview & Activities (40:38)
  • Role of John Winthrop Jr. in Witch Trials (42:54)
  • Future research on John Winthrop Jr. (46:47)
  • Impacts personal & otherwise (50:52)
  • Postscripts - 2nd Interview (55:00)
  • Conclusion (55:49)

Thou Shalt Not Suffer Website & Podcast
https://advocacyforallegedwitches.law.blog/
https://connecticutwitchtrials.org
Connecticut History Review - Article by K. Hermes and B. Caruso
"Between God and Satan: Thomas Thornton, Witch-Hunting, and Religious Mission in the English Atlantic World, 1647-1693"
One of Windsor - Website and Links to Beth Caruso's Books
Massachusetts Historical Society - John Winthrop Jr. Medical Papers

Website: https://peoplehiddeninhistory.com
Direct link
Website with all Podcast Episodes/All Platforms
Twitter/Instagram: @phihpod
Mastodon: @phihpod@historians.social
Image:
"A Salem Witch Trial" by Frank O. Small, in Stepping-stones of American History. W. A. Wilde Company, publishers (1904)

Show Notes

This episode will provide the background to the successful exoneration (by the passing of Resolution HJ 34 in Connecticut). You'll hear from the same 4 people that were interviewed in my series (from July 2022) and the tremendous efforts it took to get this bill passed. There were many components to this positive outcome - working w/ local representatives (including Rep. Jane Garibay), many volunteers and the power of various social media outlets. Also this team's involvement with Dr. Leo Igwe, a human right's activist from Nigeria, fighting modern day witch killings. These 4 people will also tell how this has impacted their lives. Please see related links at the end.
1st Interview: Beth Caruso, Josh Hutchinson, Sarah Jack
2nd Interview: Mary Louise Bingham

Episode Markers: (in min:secs)

  • Details and Timeline on Resolution (1:22)
  •  Introductions &  Activities over the last year (2:22)
  • The group in CT for the passing of the bill (24:03)
  • Impacts personal & otherwise (24:59)
  • Reading the names of witches who were hanged (33:47)
  • Wrap-up of 1st Interview (38:47)
  • Postscripts - 1st Interview (39:33)
  • 2nd Interview & Activities (40:38)
  • Role of John Winthrop Jr. in Witch Trials (42:54)
  • Future research on John Winthrop Jr. (46:47)
  • Impacts personal & otherwise (50:52)
  • Postscripts - 2nd Interview (55:00)
  • Conclusion (55:49)

Thou Shalt Not Suffer Website & Podcast
https://advocacyforallegedwitches.law.blog/
https://connecticutwitchtrials.org
Connecticut History Review - Article by K. Hermes and B. Caruso
"Between God and Satan: Thomas Thornton, Witch-Hunting, and Religious Mission in the English Atlantic World, 1647-1693"
One of Windsor - Website and Links to Beth Caruso's Books
Massachusetts Historical Society - John Winthrop Jr. Medical Papers

Website: https://peoplehiddeninhistory.com
Direct link
Website with all Podcast Episodes/All Platforms
Twitter/Instagram: @phihpod
Mastodon: @phihpod@historians.social
Image:
"A Salem Witch Trial" by Frank O. Small, in Stepping-stones of American History. W. A. Wilde Company, publishers (1904)