Bibliograph

Connecticut witch trials, the first panic in the new world, Cynthia Wolfe Boynton

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Connecticut witch trials, the first panic in the new world, Cynthia Wolfe Boynton

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Connecticut witch trials

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Cynthia Wolfe Boynton

Sub title

the first panic in the new world

Summary

The little-known story of the first witch hunt in New England-nearly half a century before Salem. Connecticut's witch-hunt was the first and most ferocious in New England, occurring almost fifty years before the infamous Salem witch trials. Between 1647 and 1697, at least thirty-four men and women from across the state were formally charged with witchcraft. Eleven were hanged. In New Haven, William Meeker was accused of cutting off and burning his pig's ears and tail as he cast a bewitching spell. After the hanging of Fairfield's Goody Knapp, magistrates cut down and searched her body for the marks of the devil. In this book, through newspaper clippings, court records, letters, and diaries, former New York Times correspondent Cynthia Wolfe Boynton uncovers the dark history of the Connecticut witch trials

Target audience

adult

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