Salem, Massachusetts, 1692: It's an early entry in American history that is not soon forgotten, between references in modern media (Witches of East End, anyone?), and use of the phrase "witch hunt" in ...
T he Salem Witch Trials were more than a tragic chapter in colonial history; they were a mirror reflecting the darker ...
Katie Kennedy is the author of several books for young readers, including The Constitution Decoded and Learning to Swear in America. Her newest work of middle grade nonfiction, Did You Hear What ...
Ann "Goody" Glover was an Irish Catholic who moved to Boston - at the time, part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony - with her ...
A visit to Salem, Massachusetts offered me a chilling realization about witch trials, with baseless accusations and mass hysteria, and the Trump era.
The Salem witch trials were the largest witchcraft outbreak in American history, resulting from a perfect storm of catastrophes. Taking place in 1692 and 1693, the Salem witch trials were held in ...
(The Conversation) — Dogs appeared several times during testimonies, typically because an accused witch was believed to have had a dog who would do her bidding, or because the devil appeared in the ...
In 1648, Margaret Jones, a midwife, became the first person in Massachusetts — the second in New England — to be executed for witchcraft, decades before the infamous Salem witch trials. Nearly four ...
Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The idea of witches had been present in folklore all the way back to the time of the ...
I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Nineteen people accused of witchcraft ...
BOSTON - There's a new push to clear the names of all of those accused, arrested or indicted for witchcraft in Massachusetts. Between 1638 and 1693, hundreds were accused, and many were executed, ...
It's the busiest day of the year in Salem, Massachusetts as visitors from around the world fly into the Witch City for ...