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Rebecca Nurse - Salem Witch Trials

Rebecca Towne Nurse was accused of, convicted of and executed for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Her family had been involved in disputes with the powerful Putnam family. Two of her sisters were also accused in the hysteria at Salem.

Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse, a respectable matriarch of Salem Village, was executed as a witch in the Salem witch trials of 17th century colonial Massachusetts.

Rebecca Nurse
About.com's Guide to Paganism and Wicca documents the basics about the life of Rebecca Nurse, including recent events involving her descendants.

Crucible Character: Rebecca Nurse
About.com's Guide to Plays and Drama describes the character of Rebecca Nurse in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, loosely based on the real Rebecca Nurse, executed in the Salem Witch trials of 1692.

Examination of Rebecca Nurse
Excerpt from the transcript of the Salem witchcraft trials, March 24, 1692.

Rebecca Nurse [Memorial bench (cenotaph)]
Photograph of the memorial to Sarah Good, executed for witchcraft in 1692 and buried secretly by her family in an unknown grave.

Rebecca Nurse
Biography of one of three sisters accused of witchcraft in the Salem Village trials, 1692.

Rebecca Nurse: Trial Documents
Excerpts from some of the documents and testimony in Rebecca Nurse's trial for witchcraft.

Rebecca Towne Nurse
Biography by Dana A. Wildes.

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