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The Devil In Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials
The Devil In Massachusetts A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trials Author:Marion L. Starkey The reign of terror that swept Salem Village in 1692 is still the most celebrated of all witch hunts. It was a tragedy of individuals, which underlined as sharply as has any event in history the power of self-righteousness, fantasy & fear to turn decent people into fanatical persecutors. The accused were diverse personalities - a well-respected ... more »grandmother and an honest, skeptical farmer, as well as a pipe-smoking female tramp. One by one they were sent to the gallows by a pack of unbalanced young girls and a stiff-necked little puritan community inflamed by the girls' "testimony'.« less