GILMANTON — On first impression, the witchcraft trials of the Colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with hysterics.Â
Gilmanton Historical Society will host a program on New England witchcraft on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., at the Old Town Hall on Route 140 in Gilmanton Iron Works.
Margo Burns explores an array of prosecutions in 17th century New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts, from first formal complaints to arrest warrants, indictments of formal charges to death warrants, and the reversals of attainder and rescinding of excommunications years after the fact; demonstrating how methodically and logically the Salem Court worked.Â
This program focuses on the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692 and 1693, when 19 people were hanged and one crushed to death, but also examines a variety of other cases against women in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
For more information, visit gilmantonhistoricalsociety.org.
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