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== Bridget Bishop convicted of witchcraft 1692; “Casco Girls” accuse George Burroughs, 1692 == | == Bridget Bishop convicted of witchcraft 1692; “Casco Girls” accuse George Burroughs, 1692 == | ||
| + | The George Burroughs case is especially interesting to me. If we interpret the trials (to oversimplify) as a last gasp of secular government trying desperately to hang on to the last vestiges of their power, then why would the court have permitted the trial of a minister to proceed? Was it too late at this point to stop the snowballing effect of the witch craze? If Burroughs had been, say the first person accused, would his charges have been dismissed? --Stef | ||
== Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, wealthy Philadelphia woman, diary – 1758-1794 == | == Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker, wealthy Philadelphia woman, diary – 1758-1794 == | ||
