Margaret Jones was a midwife from Charlestown, Massachusetts, and the first person to be executed for witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The only information that exists of Jones’ case… Read more »
John Billington was a Mayflower pilgrim and a signer of the Mayflower Compact who became America’s first murderer after he shot and killed a fellow colonist in 1630. Billington was… Read more »
Tituba was a slave who worked for Samuel Parris during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The various documents and books about the Salem Witch Trials over the years often… Read more »
Massachusetts Bay Colony was the first slave-holding colony in New England. The first slaves were brought to the colony in the early 17th century. The exact date slaves first entered… Read more »
Mayflower pilgrim William Bradford wrote a detailed manuscript describing the pilgrims’ experiences in Holland and in the New World, which is now known as Of Plymouth Plantation. In the manuscript,… Read more »