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Rebecca Fowler was the only person executed for witchcraft in Maryland history .

A new Annapolis walking tour explores Maryland’s witch trial stories and landmarks.

Guide Melissa Huston connects colonial witch hunts to modern social issues.

The tours aim to highlight women’s resilience and challenge historical myths.

ANNAPOLIS – Rebecca Fowler was an indentured servant here in the late 1600s, working the land for years until she and her husband were finally lucky enough to own a plot of land.

But her luck ran out after he died and she took full title. She was soon charged with a deadly crime for a woman of the period: witchcraft.

A long trial led to her sad end as the only person executed for witchcraft in Maryland history, but the story didn’t die there. It’s get

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