Animals in the Salem Witch Trials
Animals played a surprisingly large role in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Since it was believed at the time that witches had animal familiars, or helpers, that they used… Read more »
Animals played a surprisingly large role in the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Since it was believed at the time that witches had animal familiars, or helpers, that they used… Read more »
Susannah North Martin was one of a handful of accused witches during the Salem Witch Trials who did not actually live in Salem. Born in 1621 in Buckinghamshire, England, to… Read more »
Not all of the accused witches of the Salem Witch Trials actually lived in Salem. Several of the accused also came from nearby towns such as Salisbury, Ipswich, Andover, Topsfield,… Read more »
Roger Toothaker was a farmer and folk healer from Billerica who specialized in detecting and punishing witches. Toothaker was accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials, but his case… Read more »
The Shot Heard Round the World occurred during a brief battle between British troops and local minutemen at the North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, during the Revolutionary War. When Did… Read more »