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American Witch Hunts

Rep. Peter King's congressional hearings this week on extremism among U.S. Muslims are being condemned by some as a political witch hunt—but how do they stack up against American history's most notorious? See the most infamous, from McCarthyism to the Lavender Scare.

Updated Jul. 13, 2017 1:39PM ET / Published Mar. 09, 2011 12:35PM ET 

"Pioneers in the Settlement of America: From Florida 1510 to California in 1849" Vol. 1, by William A. Crafts, Samuel Walker & Co

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