Eighth graders took up the cause of Elizabeth Johnson, the last accused witch of the Salem witch trials
She was sentenced to hang, but then-Gov. William Phips ultimately threw out her punishment. The mass religious hysteria that led to 20 executions had started to abate, but Johnson’s name was only formally cleared on Thursday — a mere 329 years later.
“They spent most of the year working on getting this set for the legislature — actually writing a bill, writing letters to legislators, creating presentations, doing all the research, looking at the actual testimony of Elizabeth Johnson, learning more about the Salem witch trials,” their teacher Carrie LaPierre, told Boston Globe.
In the centuries since the trials, those who were convicted or put to death were pardoned. Johnson is the last accused witch to have her name cleared, according to Witches of Massachusetts Bay, a group dedicated to preserving the history of 17th century witch hunts.
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