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In 1692 Puritan Samuel Sewall sent twenty people to their deaths on trumped-up witchcraft charges. The nefarious witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts represent a low point of American history, made famous in works by Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne (himself a descendant of one of the judges),... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Samuel Sewall: Add a description of this character.
- Hannah Sewall
- Sam Jr.
- Joseph
- John Hull
- Chris
- Samuel Willard
- Henry Sewall
- William Phips
- John Winthrop
- Stephen
- Betty
- Judith
- George Burroughs
- Dudley
- Mary
- William Stoughton
- John Hathorne
- John Alden
- Sarah Good
- Jane
- Corey
- John Cotton
- Parris
- Corwin
- Hullie
- Madame Winthrop
- David
- Anne Hutchinson
- Simon Bradstreet
- Saltonstall
- John Eliot
- James Ii
- John Richards
Setting & Locations edit
- Boston
- New England
- Massachusetts
- Salem Village
- Newbury
- America
- Maine
- London
- Cambridge
- Town House
- Israel
- Heaven
- Rhode Island
- Roxbury
- North Shore
- Charlestown
- Apocalyptica
- Atlantic
- Europe
- Quebec
- New York
- Dorchester
- Plum Island
- Braintree
- New Jerusalem
- West Indies
- Winchester
- Andover
- Africa
- Tituba
- Baddesley
- Connecticut
- Bristol
- Malden
- New Hampshire
- Muddy River
- Putnam
- Saffin
- Windsor
- Mexico
- Canada
- France
- Harvard
- Brookline
- Barbados
- Great Hall
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Eve LaPlante (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperOne
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0060786612
Page Count: 368
Publisher: HarperOne
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0060786612
Page Count: 368
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 974.402092
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Massachusetts
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Colonial Period
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Religious Studies › Church & State
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Church History
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Specific Groups › Women
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Lawyers & Judges
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States
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