Danvers' witch history

The family burying ground at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead. Forty of Nurse's neighbors believed Nurse's plea of innocence and signed a petition testifying to her Christian character, but it wasn't enough to save her from a trip to the gallows.
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The family burying ground at the Rebecca Nurse Homestead. Forty of Nurse's neighbors believed Nurse's plea of innocence and signed a petition testifying to her Christian character, but it wasn't enough to save her from a trip to the gallows.