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What happened on September 19 in history? This is the story Historai has told for this date. Listen, or read the transcript and sources.
September 19, 1692
The pressing to death of Giles Corey on September 19, 1692
An eighty-one-year-old farmer lay in a Salem field while stones were piled on his chest, and instead of pleading he asked for more. Why would a man choose to be crushed rather than say a single word to the court?
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