The Story of the Salem Witch Trials

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ISBN: 9780205690299 | 0205690297
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Copyright: 2/23/2009

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Preface	p. ix
"A Biography of a Terrible But Perfectly Normal Superstition"	p. 1
The Origins of European Witchcraft	p. 1
The Development of European Witchcraft	p. 3
The Great European Witch-hunt	p. 6
A Summary View of Witch-hunts in England	p. 15
"Having Familiarity with the Devil"	p. 21
Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century America	p. 21
Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century New England	p. 22
Some Notable Witch Trials in Seventeenth-Century New England	p. 30
The Pattern of Witch-hunt Activity in Seventeenth-Century New England	p. 37
"The Evil Hand" Is upon Them	p. 43
A Glimpse at Salem's Past	p. 43
The First Signs of the Devil	p. 51
The Hearings Begin	p. 59
"Is Not This a Brand Plucked From the Burning?"	p. 65
The Cases of Martha and Giles Corey and Dorcas Good	p. 65
The Case of Rebecca Nurse	p. 71
Deodat Lawson's Lecture Day Sermon	p. 75
Sarah Cloyce Is Charged	p. 78
Mary Easty Is Summoned	p. 80
The Pace Quickens	p. 82
"If They Are Let Alone We Should All Be Devils and Witches"	p. 88
The Cases of Elizabeth and John Proctor	p. 88
Mary Warren Tries to Recant	p. 92
Bridget Bishop and Abigail Hobbs Are Charged	p. 94
Seven of the Nine Are Formally Charged	p. 97
The Ordeal Begins for Mary and Philip English	p. 101
The "Black Minister" Is Apprehended	p. 105
Dorcas Hoar Is Jailed	p. 111
"God Will Deliver Us Out of the Hands of Unmerciful Men"	p. 112
The Case of George Jacobs Sr.	p. 112
John Willard Changes Sides	p. 116
Daniel Andrew Is Charged	p. 119
The Carys Escape	p. 119
John Alden Is Arrested	p. 121
The Andover Witch-hunt	p. 123
"God Will Give You Blood to Drink"	p. 131
The Court of Oyer and Terminer Is Established	p. 133
Bridget Bishop Is Tried	p. 136
The Court Completes Its First Session	p. 142
The First Mass Execution and Its Effects	p. 146
"What a Sad Thing It Is to See Eight Firebrands of Hell Hanging There"	p. 149
The Case of George Burroughs	p. 149
The Proctors Are Condemned	p. 150
The Case of George Jacobs Sr., John Willard, and Martha Carrier	p. 152
The Hangings of August 19	p. 153
The Trials of September: The Cases of Martha Corey and Mary Easty	p. 155
The Ordeal of Giles Corey	p. 157
The Mood in September 1692	p. 161
The Confessions of 1692	p. 163
"It Were Better That Ten Suspected Witches Should Escape, Than That One Innocent Person Should Be Condemned"	p. 168
Voices Are Raised in Opposition to the Trials	p. 169
Phips Dismisses the Court of Oyer and Terminer	p. 173
The Jails Are Emptied	p. 177
The Superior Court of Judicature	p. 179
The Magistrates and the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Guilty As Charged?	p. 182
"Ruined in the Mistaken Management of the Terrible Affair Called Witchcraft"	p. 186
Cotton Mather and His "Wonders of the Invisible World"	p. 187
Salem in Ruins	p. 193
The Repenting Begins	p. 199
Settling Up	p. 204
Epilogue	p. 210
Notes	p. 216
A Select Bibliography	p. 246
Appendix	p. 253
Index	p. 258
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