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Ben Franklin Declared His Independence from his Inheritance of Nasty Superstitions and Became an Enlightenment Man
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Ben Franklin Declared His Independence from his Inheritance of Nasty Superstitions and Became an Enlightenment Man
Ruslan Lytvyn, Shutterstock, The UnPopulist illustrationIn 1692, Salem, Mass. was in the throes of its infamous witch trials. In courtroom scenes which seem so inexplicably absurd to us, human beings were sent to the gallows on the basis of “spectral evidence”—invisible proof of alleged witchcraft that only the accusers, mostly young girls, could see or experience. Many would collapse into screaming fits in front of the judges, alleging that the…
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