Witchcraft at Salem Village

Witchcraft at Salem Village

The image “Witchcraft at Salem Village,” created in 1876 by William A. Crafts, sheds light on a tragic and important time in early American history — the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. During the late 1600s, people living in the English colonies of New...
The Case of Nehemiah Abbott Jr.

The Case of Nehemiah Abbott Jr.

Many that have taken history classes know of the Salem Witch trials. This part of history is vaguely covered. It is known that individuals were being accused of participating in witchcraft, but the underlying details of these cases are not discussed in most basic...
The Salem Witch Trials

The Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witchcraft Papers The Salem Witch Trials were a series of court hearings and prosecutions of people who were accused of committing witchcraft in Colonial Massachusetts from early 1692 to mid-1693. [1]The hysteria began when two young girls in the household of...