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March 10 in freethought history…
March 10, 1762 – Jean Calas, a merchant wrongly convicted of the murder of his son, is sentenced in Toulouse, France to “death by the wheel.” Calas had already been cruelly tortured by stretching and being forced to drink excessive quantities of water. … Continue reading
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