Witches and the Devil: Salem Witch Trials Daily

For the people of 17th century Massachusetts, the witch and the devil were intertwined through a diabolical covenant or pact. This mimicked the covenant signed by people joining churches and was a common feature in Salem Witch Trials documents. Right from the first question in the first courtroom procedure until the waning moments of the trials and beyond, the devil and this contract were key features of the witch-hunt and subsequent efforts at making amends. We discuss this contract and powers the devil gave to witches in today’s episode of Salem Witch Trials Daily.

Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience

Bernard Rosenthal, ed., Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt

Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege

Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

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Week 1 Course Work

The Thing About Salem

The Thing About Witch Hunts

People Accused of Witchcraft in 1692