# Burned at the stake in America

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 4, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-at-the-stake-in-america/292867 "2005-03-04T05:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-at-the-stake-in-america/292867/21 "2014-10-13T13:32:32Z")

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> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#):
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> Aaaand. . . just in case anyone is new to the party, the OP died several years ago.

Was he burnt at the stake?

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-at-the-stake-in-america/292867/22 "2014-10-13T14:09:38Z")

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Which?

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burned-at-the-stake-in-america/292867/23 "2014-10-13T20:33:24Z")

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Oddly enough, I was listening to NPR today and they did a little segment where people were supposed to call in and tell them about their roots in the US (it’s Columbus Day). One guy (or gal, don’t remember) said he had one or two ancestors who had been burned at the stake in Salem. So I guess it is a meme out there.

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