Salem-Village Witchcraft

by Boyer, Paul; Nissenbaum, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781555531652
• ISBN10: 1555531652
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-24
• Publisher: Northeastern Univ Pr

Summary

Few episodes in American history have aroused such intense and continued interest as the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials. This volume draws exclusively on primary documents to reveal the underlying conflicts and tensions that caused that small, agricultural settlement to explode with such dramatic force.

Table of Contents

The Trials: Records of Five Witchcraft Cases	p. 1
Sara Good	p. 3
Rebecca Nurse	p. 18
Bridget Bishop	p. 36
John Willard	p. 53
George Burroughs	p. 67
Additional Testimony	p. 91
Contemporary Accounts and Reactions	p. 96
Comment by Outside Authorities: Civil and Ecclesiastical	p. 117
Three Sermons on Salem-Village Witchcraft	p. 124
The Accused	p. 137
Sarah Good	p. 139
Rebecca Nurse	p. 148
Bridget Bishop	p. 155
John Willard	p. 163
George Burroughs	p. 170
The Accusers	p. 181
Samuel Parris	p. 183
The Wilkins Family	p. 199
The Putnam Family	p. 202
The Community: Salem Village	p. 227
The Village Forms	p. 229
The Village Defines Itself	p. 235
The Village and Its Ministers	p. 240
The Salem-Village Book of Record, 1672-1697	p. 313
Epilogue: Salem Village Becomes a Town (1752)	p. 373
App. List of Accused Witches Who Lived in or Around Salem Village	p. 375
App. List of All Persons Accused of Witchcraft in 1692	p. 376
App. Selected List of Accusers and Persons Against Whom They Testified	p. 379
App. List of Defenders Connected with Salem Village	p. 381
App. Places of Residence of the "Afflicted Girls"	p. 382
App. Census of Salem Village in January 1692	p. 383
Map: Salem Village in 1692	p. 394
Numerical Index to Upham's Map	p. 396
Map: Alphabetical Index to Upham's Map	p. 398
Map: Guide to Grants of Land in Salem Village	p. 400
Map: Guide to the Farms of Salem Village	p. 404
Map: Nine Sectional Maps of Salem Village in 1700	p. 406
Additional Genealogies of Some Salem-Village Families	p. 415
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