Jan 22, 2024
history + women who were executed
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history + women who were executed
On 10 June 1692, Bridget Bishop was hanged for witchcraft.
"An outspoken, brightly-garbed woman, Bridget ran a tavern, sold intoxicating spirits, was known to be in an abusive relationship, and appeared in town battered & bruised."
Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches
The way I need another prequel to A discovery of witches is because we have Tituba as Emily's ancestor and Bridget Bishop as Rebecca's.
Salem witch hunts? - more like tearing apart a secret lesbian couple apart only for their descendants to find each other.
Also, more on African American witches, because that would be very interesting to see how the traditions that we see Emily practise may stem from old rituals held by her ancestors before they were kidnapped and adapted.
Bridget Bishop (c. 1632 – 10 June 1692) was the first person executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch trials in 1692. Nineteen were hanged, and one, Giles Corey, was pressed to death. Altogether, about 200 people were tried.
Bridget by dark solis art
In 1692, 14 women and 6 men were accused of being witches, were tried, convicted, and executed. Executions took place on June 10, July 19, August 19, September 19 and September 22, 1692. To this day, the events of 1692 are used as a yardstick to measure the depth of civility and due process in our society.c
Rip Bridget Bishop. June 10th 1692
The first, of many, to be tried and excecuted for Witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials.
We honor you every day, gone but never forgotten.
A bit of June 10th history...
1190 - Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (modern Turkey) leading an army to Jerusalem
1692 - 1st victim of the Salem witch trials, Bridget Bishop, is hanged for witchcraft in the colony of Massachusetts (pictured)
1845 - Andrew Jackson’s African Gray Parrot “Poll” is removed from his funeral for swearing “so loud and long as to disturb the people”
1955 - 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
1984 - US missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for 1st time
2003 - The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission