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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... told me they were almost discouraged . She related , that the great Black Man came to her , and told her , if she would be ruled by him , she should have whatsoever she desired , and go to a Golden City . She relating this to Mrs ...
... told him they were none of his to give and I would not write if he threw me down on 100 pitchforks : also on the 9th ... told me his name was Borroughs . Then he took a book out of his pocket & opened it & bid me set my hand to it . I ...
... told me if I would not set my hand to it he would tear me to pieces . I told him I would not , then he told me he would starve me to death , then the next morning he told me he could not starve me to death but he would choke me , that ...
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Witchcraft | 3 |
The Massachusetts Bay Colony | 25 |
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