Tag: America’s First Accused Witch
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Joan Wright: The Woman Accused of Witchcraft in Virginia in 1626
Before Salem. Before the Massachusetts witch panic. Before the names Tituba, Sarah Good, Bridget Bishop, or Rebecca Nurse entered American history, there was Joan Wright. On September 11, 1626, a group of men and women gathered before Virginia’s General Court at Jamestown and began telling stories about a woman they called Goodwife Wright. Her name…