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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... hand be- ing guided to take hold of his ; but the Indian took hold on her hand , and pulled her down on the floor , in a barbarous manner ; then his hand was taken off , and her hand put on his , and the cure was quickly wrought . I be ...
... hand , as there was in Mr. Alden's , to cure by a touch . I know a man that will venture two to one with any Salemite whatever , that let the matter be duly managed , and the afflicted person shall come out of her fit upon the touch of ...
... hand into the muzzle of said gun and so held it out at arms end only with that finger , and further this deponent ... hand . Mr. Burroughs , being there , said , I held my hand here behind the lock : and took it up : and held it out . I ...
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Witchcraft | 3 |
The Massachusetts Bay Colony | 25 |
PART II | 55 |
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