. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . red at NewYork. The excitementfinally came to a head in1692 at Salem, Massachu-setts, where nineteen per-sons were hanged, and one pressed to death for re-fusing to testify—this be-ing the regularly ordainedpunishment for such re-fusal. The excitement be-ing thus relieved, a reac-tion followed. Brave old Samuel Sewall won for himself honorin all coming time by rising in his place in the congregation,and causing to be read an expression of regret for the part hehad taken in the trials. The r
. A larger history of the United States of America, to the close of President Jackson's administration . red at NewYork. The excitementfinally came to a head in1692 at Salem, Massachu-setts, where nineteen per-sons were hanged, and one pressed to death for re-fusing to testify—this be-ing the regularly ordainedpunishment for such re-fusal. The excitement be-ing thus relieved, a reac-tion followed. Brave old Samuel Sewall won for himself honorin all coming time by rising in his place in the congregation,and causing to be read an expression of regret for the part hehad taken in the trials. The reaction did not at once reachthe Southern colonies. Grace Sherwood was legally duckedfor witchcraft in Virginia in 1705, and there was an indict-ment, followed by acquittal, in Maryland as late as 1712. That the delusion reached this point was due to no hard-ened inhumanity of feeling; on the contrary, those who partici-pated in it prayed to be delivered from any such emotion. Ifa drop of innocent blood should be shed in the prosecution ofthe witchcrafts among us, how unhappy are we ! wrote Cotton. SAMUEL SEWALL. [From the collections of the Massachusetts HistoricalSociety.] SECOND GENERATION OF ENGLISHMEN IN AMERICA. 209
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