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===== Ben Franklin Declared His Independence from his Inheritance of Nasty Superstitions and Became an Enlightenment Man ===== | |||
[https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/ben-franklin-declared-his-independence by ANDY CRAIG 4/7/25 The UnPopulist] | |||
In 1692, Salem, Mass. was in the throes of its infamous witch trials. In courtroom scenes which seem so inexplicably absurd to us, human beings were sent to the gallows on the basis of “spectral evidence”—invisible proof of alleged witchcraft that only the accusers, mostly young girls, could see or experience. Many would collapse into screaming fits in front of the judges, alleging that they were being tormented in that very moment by the bewildered defendants. But not all such accusers were impressionable children, as it’s often remembered. One was a woman around the age of 40. | |||
===== The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation ===== | ===== The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation ===== | ||
