“Did you know that there were no witches burned at the stake in America, unlike England,” an Oct. 15 Facebook post reads. The post accumulated more than 300likes and 40 shares in a few days.

The erroneous information about witches in colonial New England being burned at the stake can also be traced back to a U.S. congressman’s 1849 speech, according to Baker.

The erroneous information about witches in colonial New England being burned at the stake can also be traced back to a U.S. congressman’s 1849 speech, according to Baker.

The erroneous information about witches in colonial New England being burned at the stake can also be traced back to a U.S. congressman’s 1849 speech, according to Baker.

The erroneous information about witches in colonial New England being burned at the stake can also be traced back to a U.S. congressman’s 1849 speech, according to Baker. Virginia Congressman Henry ...

The erroneous information about witches in colonial New England being burned at the stake can also be traced back to a U.S. congressman’s 1849 speech, according to Baker.

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