Salem which trials

Professor Julie Walsh's "Philosophy and Witchcraft" class, offered each fall, focuses on witchcraft, its prosecution, and, of course, Salem, Massachusetts.

Sarah Good was one one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Good was the wife of William Good and, at the time

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The majority of the artifacts that I have found from The Salem Witch Trials were the documents surrounding the year-long event. One document in particular, is interesting because it is a list of all the major figures of the trials which happened in May of 1962, which was in the midst of the event. It is a list of all the accused and all of the accuses. This document is currently house in the Boston Public Library which they keep in the rare documents section and which was acquired in 1939.

What was behind the famous American witch trials in Salem in the 1600s? Gender, power and class, says Katherine Howe

Abigail Hobbs was arrested on April 8, 1692 for being a witch. Along with her…

If the theory of epigenetic inheritance happens to humans over several generations, it means that we hold the memories and stresses of our ancestors, including religious persecution.

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693 were by far the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft hysteria in American history. What exactly were the factors that made Salem stand out? #salemwitchtrials #witchcraft #americanhistory