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Colonial World: Salem Witch Trials

Delve into the historical traditions and beliefs of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 New England. Learn about the attributes of accused witches, the societal context, and the mass hysteria that gripped the community. Explore the factors that led to accusations and the role of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in these harrowing events.

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Colonial World: Salem Witch Trials

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  1. Colonial World: Salem Witch Trials

  2. If ever there were witches, men and women in covenant with the Devil, here are multitudes in New England. - Rev. Samuel Parris (1692)

  3. Historical tradition of witchcraft beliefs

  4. "Act agaynstConjuracionsInchantments and Witchcraftes“ (1563)

  5. Attributes of witchcraft female middle aged "humble" social status married or widowed "somewhat less fecund“ (fertile) disagreeable or self-assertive personalities

  6. Female property owner upset the Puritan social order, and made these women vulnerable to witchcraft accusations

  7. Girls under spells of witches

  8. The Court of Oyer and Terminer

  9. Believed to be possessed

  10. Experiencing mental aberration:"mass psychopathology"

  11. Ergotism:caused very vivid hallucinations

  12. Unexplainable events attributed to witchcraft

  13. Adults observing afflicted people assumed witchcraft almost from the beginning

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