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Colonial Witchcraft: The Road to the Salem Witch Trials

Colonial Witchcraft: The Road to the Salem Witch Trials

Jones, Robert C.

Paperback

Colonial Period (1600-1775)

ISBN13: 9798449171368
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 8 2022
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
It wasn't that long ago that most Americans believed in demons and witches, and demonic manifestations. If something was going wrong in your society - drought, plague, disease, crop failure, war - how much easier it was to blame it on the devil, rather than taking any responsibility as an individual or a society. And if one was going to track down witches, one didn't really want them to be able to mount a defense. Thus, spectral evidence became useful, since there was no defense against it, and it was solely at the initiative of the accuser.

There were witch trials in Connecticut, Virginia, and Massachusetts - and in Spanish New Mexico, for good measure. Most of the trials ended up in some executions.

This book takes a brief look at Witchcraft in Colonial America, the persecution of which didn't end until the 18th century. The primary focus is on the Salem Witch Trials of 1692/93, which was the greatest - and essentially last - example of witch trials.

The book contains 37 illustrations.

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