But to the Puritans of Salem, indeed to any seventeenth century ... Contrary to the legends which surround the trials, no witch was ever burned in Massachusetts. The only deviation from the ...

The Puritans considered lying among the greatest ... were wrongly accused and executed for witchcraft during the Salem witch ...

Between early 1692 and mid-1693, the Salem witch trials swept through colonial Massachusetts ... The girls, influenced by Puritan beliefs, claimed they were being tormented by witches.

In 1692, the colonial town of Salem, Massachusetts, became caught up in a fervor over alleged witchcraft. In her new book “The Witches,” Stacy Schiff explores what led a group of Puritans to ...

The statement is an apology for his role as one of the three judges in the Salem witch trials, where nineteen ... as a threat to the purity of Puritan culture. He also believed that slaves already ...

the Witch House is the only structure in Salem still standing that has direct ties to the 1692 witch trials. Because of this, it is a crucial stop on any Salem itinerary (and included on many of ...

A 350-year-old estate linked to the Salem witch trials and the Revolutionary War is on the market in Beverly. Located at 252 Essex St. in Beverly, the home was originally constructed by William ...