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Rebecca Nurse is Canceled: Salem, 1692

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Rebecca Nurse is Canceled: Salem, 1692

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Annette Laing
Apr 12, 2021
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Rebecca Nurse is Canceled: Salem, 1692

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She is 71 years old, a kind, generous, and religious woman, and she is sick. She has always known that life is short, and that one must always prepare for death, especially in old age. Perhaps, as she lies in bed, her thoughts drift back to the rocky beaches of the seaside town of Great Yarmouth on England’s eastern coast, a home she has not seen since …

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