The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us
Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MA, United StatesOn first impression, the witchcraft trials of the Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with hysterics. Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in seventeenth century New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts, demonstrating how methodically and logically the Salem Court worked. This program focuses on the Salem witchcraft trials of