The Salem Witch TrialsDiscusses the historical setting of the witchcraft trials in colonial Salem, Massachusetts, with background information on the Puritans. |
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... Salem Village . Salem Town and Salem Village Salem Village , today the independent inland town of Danvers and ( ironically ) site of a state mental health facility , formed a part of the adjacent port of Salem Town to the southeast in ...
... Salem Village . Salem Town and Salem Village Salem Village , today the independent inland town of Danvers and ( ironically ) site of a state mental health facility , formed a part of the adjacent port of Salem Town to the southeast in ...
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... Salem Town - through his mother , the widow of an affluent Salem ship captain - strongly opposed town- village separation . Quite naturally , upon the outbreak of afflic- tions and witchcraft accusations , the gap between the two ...
... Salem Town - through his mother , the widow of an affluent Salem ship captain - strongly opposed town- village separation . Quite naturally , upon the outbreak of afflic- tions and witchcraft accusations , the gap between the two ...
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... Salem Town , 26-28 Tituba and , 18-23 Winthrop , John , 12 disputes with Salem Village , 27-28 witch - hunts spread to , 57 , 62 , 64-72 Salem Village , 26-28 disputes with Salem Town , 27-28 girls of hysterical fits of , 23 , 25 , 28 ...
... Salem Town , 26-28 Tituba and , 18-23 Winthrop , John , 12 disputes with Salem Village , 27-28 witch - hunts spread to , 57 , 62 , 64-72 Salem Village , 26-28 disputes with Salem Town , 27-28 girls of hysterical fits of , 23 , 25 , 28 ...
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Abigail Williams accused witches afflicted girls Ann Putnam Jr arrest behavior Betty and Abigail bewitched Boston Bridget Bishop Cheever church claimed confessed convicted Cotton Mather Court of Oyer cried Danforth daughter death devil Edward Putnam Elizabeth Proctor England evil examination fear fits Frances Hill Gallows Hill George Jacobs Giles Corey GLIMMER OF HOPE Goodwife Goody Proctor Governor Sir William guilt Hathorne asked Hathorne's hearing hurt husband innocent jail John Hathorne John Indian John Proctor jury later magistrates Martha Carrier Martha Corey Mary Easty Mary Walcott Massachusetts meetinghouse Mercy Lewis minister Oyer and Terminer Parris's parsonage pinching prayer Puritan Rebecca Nurse reprieve Reverend Parris Salem Town Salem Village SALEM WITCH TRIALS Sarah Cloyce Sarah Good's Sarah Osborne Sarah Wildes September 22 SHADOW OVER SALEM Sir William Phipps specter spectral evidence spirit Susannah Martin Thomas Putnam Tituba TITUBA'S CIRCLE torment verdict wife witch charges witch-hunts witchcraft woman words young