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English
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During the bleak winter of 1692 in the rigid Puritan community of Salem Village, Massachusetts, a group of young girls began experiencing violent fits, allegedly tormented by Satan and the witches who worshipped him. From the girls' initial denouncing of an Indian slave, the accusations soon multiplied. In less than two years, nineteen men and women were hanged, one was pressed to death, and over a hundred others were imprisoned and impoverished....
Author
Publisher
Cooper Square Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Based on twenty-seven years of original archival research, including the discovery of previously unknown documents, this day-by-day narrative of the hysteria that swept through Salem Village in 1692 and 1693 reveals new connections behind the events, and shows how rapidly a community can descend into bloodthirsty madness. Roach opens her work with chapters on the history of the Puritan colonies of New England, and explains how these people regarded...
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
1974.
Language
English
Description
Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill. The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which climaxed in the Salem witch trials. From rich and varied sources-many neglected and unknown-Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum give us a picture of the people and events more intricate and more fascinating than any other in the massive literature....
13) Six women of Salem: the untold story of the accused and their accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
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Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"What was it like to be there and, if you were lucky, to live through it? In a compelling combination of narrative and groundbreaking historical research, Salem Witch Trial scholar Marilynne K. Roach vividly brings the terrifying times to life while skillfully illuminating the lives of the accused, the accusers, and the afflicted."--Back cover.
Publisher
Wownow Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The Salem witch trials were a series of prosecutions of men and women accused of witchcraft in the Massachusetts colony between February 1692 and May 1693. The townspeople accused more than 200 of their neighbors, finding 30 guilty and executing fourteen women and five men by hanging. At least five additional people died in jail. Delve deep into the case surrounding the deadliest example of witch hunt hysteria in the history of colonial North America,...
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Publisher
Greenwood
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"What was it like to live in the colony of Massachusetts during the last decade of the 17th century, the decade famed for the Salem Witch Trials? Daily Life during the Salem Witch Trials answers that question, offering a vivid portrait essential to anyone seeking to understand the traumatic events of the time in their proper historical context. The book begins with a historical overview tracing the development of the Puritan experiment in the Massachusetts...
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