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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
One of my lifes hero's is Giles Corey
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The man who beat his indentured farmhand to death? The man who had no issue of blaming others of witchcraft, gleefully attending hearings and actually testifying against his wife that she was a witch? If he wasn't accused himself after he would have happily watched his wife hang
like he had with others.
He had just attended the hearings but was accused before any sentencing. Still he had no issue with the trials until it affected him, and I mean him explicitly as he had no issue with his wife being accused. Still could probably find a better life hero than a murderous brute who only cared for himself.
You wouldn't have to look much further than his wife to find a real role model. She spoke up against the witch trials for no personal gain, in fact it cost her her life in doing so.