Satan and Salem: The Witch-Hunt Crisis of 1692

by Benjamin C. Ray

Book Overview

The result of a perfect storm of factors that culminated in a great moral catastrophe, the Salem witch trials of 1692 took a breathtaking toll on the young English colony of Massachusetts. Over 150 people were imprisoned, and nineteen men and women, including a minister, were executed by hanging. The colonial government, which was responsible for initiating the trials, eventually repudiated the entire affair as a great "delusion of the Devil."

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813939925
• ISBN13: 9780813939926
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher