The Salem witchcraft trials : a legal history /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [1997] |
Series: | Landmark law cases & American society.
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Summary: | In late 17th-century New England, the eternal battle between God and Satan was brought into the courtroom. Between January 1692 and May 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, neighbours turned against neighbours and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft, and 19 people were hanged for having made pacts with the devil. |
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Physical Description: | xi, 165 pages ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-158) and index. |
ISBN: | 0700608583 0700608591 |