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The History of the Salem Witch Trials and sites associated with the infamous trials in Salem Massachusetts including The Witch House & Witch Trials Memorial

On March 1, 1692, in Salem Village, Massachusetts colony, the witch trials began, after a group of young girls in Salem claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft. A special court convened in Salem to hear the cases

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

Already being touted as one of the best horror films of the year, The Witch is the story of a New England family that slowly begins to fall apart when they are banished from their Pilgrim community. Writer and Director Robert Eggers recently mentioned in an interview that he used the library's resources to do research for the film.

On March 1, 1692, in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an enslaved woman from Barbados, are charged with the illegal practice of witchcraft. Later that day, possibly under coercion, Tituba confessed to the crime, encouraging the authorities to seek out more Salem witches. Henrietta D. Kimball, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons #history #thisdayinhistory #historylovers

George Burroughs was a minister who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. George Burroughs Childhood and Early Life: Burroughs was born in Suffolk, England in 1652 and migrated to the settlement of Roxbury in the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his mother when he was a…

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The Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693 were by far the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft hysteria in American history. Yet Salem was just one of many incidents during the Great Age of Witch Hunts which took place throughout Europe and her colonies over many centuries. Indeed, by European standards, Salem was not even a large outbreak. But what exactly were the factors that made Salem stand out?

Petition for bail of 11 accused people from Ipswich, 1692

Rather than deny accusations of witchcraft, the enslaved woman spun a rich tale of sorcery that ultimately saved her life.