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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... eyes with spittle to make it appear that she is weeping ; wherefore she must be closely watched by the attendants . In passing sentence the judge or priest may use some such method as the fol- lowing in conjuring her to true tears if ...
... eyes are shut ? I am sure they lie , at least speak falsely , if they say so ; for the thing , in nature , is an utter impossibility . It is true , they may strongly fancy , or have things represented to their imagination , when their eyes ...
... eyes upon us ! Bid her turn her eyes away ! Ann . Oh , I see a black cat sitting on Goody Corey's shoulder , and his eyes are like coals . Now , now , he looks at me when Goody Corey does ! Look away ! look away ! Oh , I am blind ! I am ...
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Witchcraft | 3 |
The Massachusetts Bay Colony | 25 |
PART II | 55 |
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