The Witchcraft Trial of Sarah Wildes
Sarah Averill Wildes was a woman from Topsfield who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Sarah Averill Wildes was born sometime around 1627 to William Averill and… Read more »
Author Archives: Rebecca Beatrice Brooks
The Witchcraft Trial of Alice Parker
Alice Parker was a woman from Salem who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Parker was married to a fisherman named John Parker at the time of… Read more »
The Witchcraft Trial of Martha Carrier
Martha Carrier was a woman from Andover who was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Martha Ingalls Allen was born between 1643 and 1650 to Andrew Allen Sr… Read more »
History of New England Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism was an American literary, philosophical and political movement in New England in the early 19th century. Transcendentalism was the belief in spiritual or transcendental truths beyond sense perception and… Read more »
History of the American Renaissance in New England
The mid-19th century has often been described as an “American Renaissance” of literature due to the large number of literary masterpieces created during this time. Sometimes referred to as the… Read more »