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Explains the historical background and events of the Salem witch trails.

Presents information on the lives, behaviors, and beliefs of British colonists living in New England in 1692 in order to explain how it was possible for the people to turn against their neighbors with accusations of witchcraft.

Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the witch hunt and trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century.

In 1703 Sarah Cloyce, survivor of the Salem witchcraft hysteria, presents her story to a special commission empowered to investigate the trials for witchcraft. The events leading to the trials and the suffering they caused are told through flashbacks.

Examines the events surrounding the Salem Witchcraft Trials and the unjust treatment of those who were falsely accused.

A brave young orphan is caught up in the Salem Witch Trials, the largest and most lethal witch-hunt in American history. Can she escape disaster?

In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions.

This book discusses the historical setting of the witchcraft trials in colonial Salem, Massachusetts, with background information on the Puritans.

Aan electrifying, fresh view of the Salem witch trials... Along with suffrage and Prohibition, the Salem witch trials represent one of the few moments when women played the central role in American history. Drawing masterfully on the archives, Stacy Schiff introduces us to the strains on a Puritan adolescent's life and to the authorities whose delicate agendas were at risk. She illuminates the demands of a rigorous faith, the vulnerability of settlements...