![]() ![]() The resulting Salem Witch Trials, culminating in the execution of 19 villagers, persists as one of the most mysterious and fascinating events in American history. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work. Villagers-mainly young women-suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). ![]() ![]() BIC Classification: 1KBBES 3JD HBJK HBLH HBTB HRQX5. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. This fascinating account of the Salem Witch Trials explores their religious, social, and political dimensions, their origins, their critics, and their aftermath, as well as their influence on the American cultural imagination to the present day. Description for A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience (Pivotal Moments in American History) Paperback. ![]()
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