Salem-Village Witchcraft
A Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England
Edited by Paul Boyer & Stephen Nissenbaum
Northeastern University Press 1993
Stron XXVI+416, format: 16x24 cm
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Few episodes in American history have aroused such intense and continued interest as the witchcraft trials and executions at Salem Village, Massachusetts. Although witch-hunting existed in New England almost from its settling, only in 1692 did the accusations multiply so quicklv and envelop an entire community. This collection draws exclusively on primarv documents to relate the dramatic events that unfolded m the small agricultural settlement of Salem Village. By including sources that focus specifically on the 169a witchcraft outbreak, Paul Bo ver and Stephen Nissen-baum encourage the reader to draw conclusions based on the evidence presented and to participate in the histonographical process. The volume includes transcripts of the preliminary proceedings and much of the testimony against five accused witches, two contemporary narratives of the 1692 witchcraft outbreak, and several sermons delivered in response to the trials. Extensive documents relating to the history of Salem Village and the lives of the accused and the accusers reveal the underlying conflicts and tensions that led an ordinary, functioning, close-knit community to explode with such dramatic force. Paul Boyer is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Stephen Ntssenbaum is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. They are co-authors of Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft and The Salem Witchcraft Papers Verbatim Transcripts.
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