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The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us

The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us

Witchcraft trials of the Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with hysterics, but in "The Capital Crime of Witchcraft," Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in seventeenth century New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts. Margo is the project manager and an associate editor of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, published in 2009 by Cambridge University Press. "The Capital Crime of Witchcraft" focuses on the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 and 1693, and also examines a variety of other cases against women in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Howe Library
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM on Tue, 20 Oct 2026

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Co-hosted by the Hanover Historical Society and the Howe Library
Howe Library
13 South Rd
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

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