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Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England: A Documentary History, 1638-1693

This documentary collection details the history of witch-hunting in 17th-century New England, beginning in 1638 through the 1692 Salem witch trials, and the 1693 Stamford-Fairfield, Connecticut witch-hunt. Hall (American religious history, Harvard Divinity School) provides an introduction to the his

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adult
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medium · 378 pages

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