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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Frances Hill. 4 SAMUEL PARRIS ( 1653-1720 ) Parris's first recorded setback in life was to drop out of Harvard . It set a trend of bold beginnings leading to failure . In 1673 he moved to Barba- dos , trying unsuccessfully to make a ...
... Parris to keep the ministry - house in good re- pair ; and that Mr. Parris shall also have the use of the ministry - pasture , and the inhabitants to keep the fence in repair ; and that we will keep up our contributions , and our ...
Frances Hill. Sewall , Esqrs . , arbitrators between Mr. Samuel Parris and the inhabitants of this Village . Deed : Samuel Parris to the Salem - Village Trustees [ September 24 , 1697 ] Know all men by these presents , that I , Samuel ...
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Witchcraft | 3 |
The Massachusetts Bay Colony | 25 |
PART II | 55 |
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