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You're on Charter Street, at the gate of the cemetery Salem has long called the Old Burying Point.
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The Judge Who Never Said Sorry
Charter Street Cemetery, Salem
3 min story7-stop walk
Part of Salem 1692
Salem 1692: The Witch Trials WalkSalem · 7 stops · 1 h 15 min · 2.2 miSee the walk - 1The Ledge Salem Tried to ForgetFree
- 2The Judge's House, and the Druggist's Sign
- 3The Court That Was Built to Hang
- 4The Minister's Daughter Under the Towers
- 5The Judge Who Never Said SorryYou're here
- 6The Man Who Would Not Plead
- 7Three Gables, a Silent W, and Guilt
Sources
Written from public sources and checked claim by claim; a synthetic voice narrates it, and a person reviews it before it is published.
- Wikipedia: Charter Street Historic District
- Charter Street Cemetery Welcome Center
- Wikipedia: John Hathorne
- Bridget Bishop Home and Orchards, Site of - Salem Witch Museum
- First Salem witch hanging | June 10, 1692 - History.com
- Africans in America/Part 1/Samuel Sewall speaks out - PBS
- Where Are the 20 Victims of the Salem Witch Trials Buried?
- Witch Trials Memorial — Charter Street Cemetery Welcome Center
- The Salem Witch Trials Memorial | Salem, MA