Language: English
1 “A Biography of a Terrible but Perfectly Normal Superstition” 2 “Having Familiarity with the Devil” 3 “The Evil Hand” Is upon Them 4 “Is Not This a Brand Plucked from the Burning?” 5 “If They Are Let Alone We Should All Be Devils and Witches” 6 “God Will Deliver Us Out of the Hands of Unmerciful Men” 7 “God Will Give You Blood to Drink” 8 “What a Sad Thing It Is to See Eight Firebrands of Hell Hanging There” 9 “It Were Better That Ten Suspected Witches Should Escape 10 “Ruined in the Mistaken Management of the Terrible Affair Called Witchcraft” Epilogue Introduction to the Third Edition Than That One Innocent Person Should Be Condemned”
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 15, 2023
Description:
Providing an accessible and comprehensive overview, The Story of the Salem Witch Trials explores the events between June 10 and September 22, 1692, when nineteen people were hanged, one was pressed to death and over 150 were jailed for practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.