Posts Tagged ‘Ann Glover’

The last witch of Boston — a Catholic martyr?

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

The last person hanged for witchcraft in Boston could be considered a Catholic martyr. In the 1650s, Ann Glover and her family, along with some 50,000 other native Irish people, were enslaved by Englishman Oliver Cromwell during the occupation of Ireland and shipped to the island of Barbados, where they were sold as indentured servants. Read more