17^th Century Salem Massachusetts

The Interweaving of the Economy and the Witch Trials of 1692

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Introduction

A Profitable Business Venture

Salem Town And Salem Village

The Puritans

The Economic Division of Salem Village

The Accused

Conclusion

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Works Cited

Examination of a Witch, by T.H. Matteson 1853.
Courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum
 

“When a whole people abandons the solid ground of common sense, overleaps the boundaries of human knowledge, gives itself up to wild reveries, and lets loose its passions without restraint, it presents a spectacle more terrific to behold, and becomes more destructive and disastrous, than any convulsion of mere material nature; than tornado, conflagration, or earthquake.” ~ Charles Wentworth Upham (1802-1875)

Author:  Steven Parker, University of Mary Washington

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