Salem Witchcraft: A Historical Account of the Witch Trials and Mass Hysteria in Colonial America

Name: Salem Witchcraft: A Historical Account of the Witch Trials and Mass Hysteria in Colonial America
Author: Various Historians

Various Historians18920

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Historical account and analysis of the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693 in colonial Massachusetts. Documents the mass witchcraft hysteria, trials, executions, and social factors that led to crisis. Provides detailed documentation of accusations, testimonies, and historical context.

Also known asSalem Witch Trials · Colonial Witchcraft History

This edition1892

EditionHistorical account and analysis of the Salem witch trials and mass hysteria in colonial Massachusetts.

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Contents920 chapters

01AMERICAN CLASSICS
02SALEM WITCHCRAFT
03With an Account of Salem Village and A History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects
04CHARLES W. UPHAM
05Volumes I and II
06CONTENTS.
07DEDICATED
08TO
09OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES,
10PROFESSOR OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
11VOLUME I.
12PREFACE.
13MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
14INDEX TO THE MAP.
15DWELLINGS IN 1692.
16ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS LIST.
17TOWN OF SALEM.
18GRANTS.
19FARMS.
20GENERAL INDEX.
21INTRODUCTION.
22PART FIRST.
23SALEM VILLAGE.
24PART FIRST.
25SALEM VILLAGE.
26PART SECOND.
27PART SECOND.
28WITCHCRAFT.
29END OF VOL. I.
30FOOTNOTES
31VOLUME II.
32PART THIRD.
33WITCHCRAFT AT SALEM VILLAGE.
34SUPPLEMENT.
35SUPPLEMENT.
36APPENDIX.
37APPENDIX.
38I. PREFATORY ADDRESS.
39II. DEODAT LAWSON'S NARRATIVE.
40III. LETTER FROM R.P. TO JONATHAN CORWIN.
41IV. EXTRACTS FROM MR. PARRIS'S CHURCH RECORDS.
42THE END.
43FOOTNOTES
44THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
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