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A Catalogue of Books Relating to the Discovery and Early History of North and South America V3

✍ Scribed by Cole, George Watson

Book ID: 106890654
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Year: 2010
Tongue: English
Weight: 806 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9781161707168

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✦ Synopsis

Witchcraft in Early North America investigates European, African, and Indian witchcraft beliefs and their expression in colonial America. Alison Games's engaging book takes us beyond the infamous outbreak at Salem, Massachusetts, to look at how witchcraft was a central feature of colonial societies in North America. Her substantial and lively introduction orients readers to the subject and to the rich selection of documents that follows. The documents begin with first encounters between European missionaries and Native Americans in New France and New Mexico, and they conclude with witch hunts among Native Americans in the years of the early American republic. The documents--some of which have never been published previously--include excerpts from trials in Virginia, New Mexico, and Massachusetts; accounts of outbreaks in Salem, Abiquiu (New Mexico), and among the Delaware Indians; descriptions of possession; legal codes; and allegations of poisoning by slaves. The documents...

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