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The Salem gaol, built in 1684 and used until 1813, stood here until it was razed in 1957. During the witchcraft persecution of 1692, many of the accused were imprisoned here. One of them, the aged Giles Cory (b. 1611), was pressed to death on these grounds.
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Salem, Massachusetts · United States
