Case file · Witch trials

Dorothy Good, the child prisoner

Dorothy (Dorcas) Good, about four years old, was accused and held in chains in jail for months in 1692, the youngest person caught up in the Salem trials.

1692 CE · 42.52, -70.89 · status: official

The account

Her mother was hanged while she was imprisoned. Her father later said she never recovered.

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  1. Wikipedia: Dorothy Good
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