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Confessing to "Familiarity with the Devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens, was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange Fits" and fueled an outbreak of... read more
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- Samuel Willard: Add a description of this character.
- Elizabeth Knapp
- Anne Hutchinson
- Godfrey
- Eunice Cole
- Susanna Martin
- Adam
- Sarah Good
- Ann Hibbens
- Rachel Clinton
- Katherine Harrison
- Martha
- Elizabeth Godman
- John Winthrop
- Mary Johnson
- George Martin
- Glover
- Desborough
- Jane Hawkins
- Devil
- Mary Dyer
- John Hale
- William Cole
- Mary Staplies
- Margaret
- Richard
- Sprenger
- John Cotton
- Joan Braybrook
- Joan Penney
- George Burroughs
- Mary Jones
- Abigail
- Godwin
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HISTORY OFFERS FEW subjects as endlessly fascinating or as intellectually frustrating as witchcraft.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Carol F. Karlsen (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: New York Vintage
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0679721843
Page Count: 360
Publisher: New York Vintage
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1989
ISBN: 0679721843
Page Count: 360
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 133.430974
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