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Witchcraft in Early North America (Paperback)
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Witchcraft in Early North America (Paperback)
Series: American Controversies
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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 raise issues central to legal, cultural, social,
religious, and gender history. This fascinating topic and the
book's broad geographic and chronological coverage make this book
ideally suited for readers interested in new approaches to colonial
history and the history of witchcraft.
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