Witch Trials, Salem, Massachusetts

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      On this site, where there is a basketball court, condemned witches were hanged in 1692
Gallows Hill, Salem

 
 
 
Cotton Mather
Increase Mather

 
 
 
The Roger Conant (1592-1679) Statue at
Washington Square North, Salem, Mass.

 
 



 
 
 



 
 

Salem Witch Trials
Outbreak of accusations and the consequences

The Examination and Confession of Ann Foster at Salem Village (1692)
Trial of Elizabeth Clawson, Stamford, Connecticut (1692)
The Conclusions of the Massachusetts Bay Elders (1695)
 

ARTICLES
Did HALLUCINOGENS spark the Salem witch trials? Experts say locals may have eaten bread contaminated with a fungus found in LSD (Daily Mail, Dec. 2, 2016)


BOOKS

Fowler, Samuel P. An Account of the Life, Character, &c., of the Rev. Samuel Parris, of Salem Village, and of His Connection With the Witchcraft Delusion of 1692 (1857)
Marvin, Abijah P. The Life and Times of Cotton Mather (1892)
Poole, William Frederick. Cotton Mather and Salem Witchcraft (1869)
Taylor, John M. The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut 1647-1697 (1908)