In 1692, the most infamous witch hunt in history took place in Salem, Massachusetts.

The Puritans considered lying among the greatest ... were wrongly accused and executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch ...

But to the Puritans of Salem, indeed to any seventeenth century ... Contrary to the legends which surround the trials, no witch was ever burned in Massachusetts. The only deviation from the ...

Between early 1692 and mid-1693, the Salem witch trials swept through colonial Massachusetts ... The girls, influenced by Puritan beliefs, claimed they were being tormented by witches.

Witches are having a moment. Beyond the hit musical Wicked, there TikTok Hashtags and millions of posts celebrating witches ...

The statement is an apology for his role as one of the three judges in the Salem witch trials, where nineteen ... as a threat to the purity of Puritan culture. He also believed that slaves already ...

"The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning And Reclaiming" revisits one of the most significant events in American history: the Salem witch trials. Five men and 16 women living in the small Massachusetts ...

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...