The Salem Witch Trials ReaderHachette Books, 19 paź 2000 - 440 Against the backdrop of a Puritan theocracy threatened by change, in a population terrified not only of eternal damnation but of the earthly dangers of Indian massacres and recurrent smallpox epidemics, a small group of girls denounces a black slave and others as worshipers of Satan. Within two years, twenty men and women are hanged or pressed to death and over a hundred others imprisoned and impoverished. In The Salem Witch Trials Reader, Frances Hill provides and astutely comments upon the actual documents from the trial--examinations of suspected witches, eyewitness accounts of "Satanic influence," as well as the testimony of those who retained their reason and defied the madness. Always drawing on firsthand documents, she illustrates the historical background to the witchhunt and shows how the trials have been represented, and sometimes distorted, by historians--and how they have fired the imaginations of poets, playwrights, and novelists. For those fascinated by the Salem witch trials, this is compelling reading and the sourcebook. |
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... Corey was present in the meetinghouse Abi- gail Williams called out , " Look where Goodwife Corey sits on the beam suckling her yellow bird betwixt her fingers " ! Ann Putnam , another girl afflicted , said there was a yellow bird sat ...
... Corey , Mary Easty , Alice Parker , Ann Pudeater , Margaret Scot , Willmet Redd , Samuel Ward- well , and Mary Parker . Giles Corey pleaded not guilty to his indictment , but would not put himself upon trial by the jury ( they having ...
... Corey . Don't let them hang me , Aunt Corey . Parris . That is sufficient . She has confessed . Hathorne . Yes , methinks the child hath confessed whether she would or no . Goodwife Corey , Phoebe hath now plainly said that she did ...
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