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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... John Hathorne , chief magistrate at the examina- tions of witches in 1692 . William Burriot fined for suffering his ... John fined 50s . each and to confess " for deriding such as sing in the congregation , terming them fools , " and ...
... John Putnam , Senior and Nathaniel Putnam were eager to help . They were members of the conspiracy , but were not as active as the younger Putnams . John Putnam Senior , had married Rebecca Prince , step - daughter of John Ged- ney ...
... John , 273 Hackett , Nan ( fictional character ) , 375 Hairy man , 261 , 273 Hale , John , 55 , 56 , 64 , 96 , 239 , 260–261 advice from , 69 , 148 confession , 269 on Dorcas Hoar , 240-241 fictional accounts , 381 A Modest Inquiry into ...
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Witchcraft | 3 |
The Massachusetts Bay Colony | 25 |
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