Salem Witch Trials topic of program, play at Dassel History Center
The Crucible” is a dramatization of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692-1693. American playwright Arthur Miller penned the play as an allegory for ...
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Harvard President Plays Hero Role in Witchcraft Trials
For all the notoriety which the judgment of history has fastened upon the Salem witch-hunts ... "spectral evidence"--that given by the afflicted girls of Salem; no one was quite ready yet to ...
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Dogs Suffered Too During The Salem Witch Trials, And Here's How They Got Tangled Up In The Mess
Furthermore, another dog was shot after a girl claimed its spirit had afflicted her. Overall, it seems that dogs suffered ...
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3 poetry collections to read in the new year whose authors have ties to New Orleans
“The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a book. Her latest collection, “Mother Water Ash,” presents a mournful exploration of her mother ...
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Unraveling hysteria: Dark legacy of Salem Witch Trials in US
Between early 1692 and mid-1693, the Salem witch trials swept through colonial Massachusetts ... when a group of young girls, including Betty Parris (the daughter of the local minister), began ...