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George Burroughs - Salem Witch Trials

George Burroughs, a Puritan minister who served in Salem Village, left over a salary dispute, and later was called back as an accused witch in the infamous 1692 Salem Witch Trials.

George Burroughs
George Burroughs, executed in the Salem witch trials of 17th century colonial Massachusetts, was the former minister of Salem Village.

George Burroughs
Earlier a minister in Salem Village, disagreements that led to his removal as minister and the installation of Samuel Parrish may have been the same disagreements that brought him back to Salem Village, accused, convicted and executed for witchcraft.

George Burroughs
Key documents from the Salem Witch Trials concerned with George Burroughs: testimony, warrants, affidavits, death warrant, etc. From The Salem witchcraft papers : verbatim transcripts of the legal documents of the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692, compiled and transcribed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration.

George Burroughs [Memorial bench/ cenotaph]
Photograph of the memorial to George Burroughs.

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