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Tables of Contents for The Story of the Salem Witch Trials
Chapter/Section Title
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Preface
ix
1 "A BIOGRAPHY OF A TERRIBLE BUT PERFECTLY NORMAL SUPERSTITION"
1
23
The Origins of European Witchcraft
2
2
The Development of European Witchcraft
4
3
The Great European Witch-hunt
7
11
A Summary View of Witch-hunts in England
18
6
2 "HAVING FAMILIARITY WITH THE DEVIL"
24
25
Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century America
24
2
Witch-hunts in Seventeenth-Century New England
26
8
Some Notable Witch Trials in Seventeenth-Century New England
34
9
The Pattern of Witch-hunt Activity in Seventeenth-Century New England
43
6
3 "THE EVIL HAND" IS UPON THEM
49
26
A Glimpse at Salem's Past
49
11
The First Signs of the Devil
60
8
The Hearings Begin
68
7
4 "IS NOT THIS A BRAND PLUCKED FROM THE BURNING?"
75
26
The Cases of Martha and Giles Corey and Dorcas Good
75
8
The Case of Rebecca Nurse
83
4
Deodat Lawson's Lecture Day Sermon
87
3
Sarah Cloyce Is Charged
90
3
Mary Easty Is Summoned
93
2
The Pace Quickens
95
6
5 "IF THEY ARE LET ALONE WE SHOULD ALL BE DEVILS AND WITCHES"
101
28
The Cases of Elizabeth and John Proctor
101
5
Mary Warren Tries to Recant
106
3
Bridget Bishop and Abigail Hobbs Are Charged
109
3
Seven of the Nine Are Formally Charged
112
4
The Ordeal Begins for Mary and Philip English
116
5
The "Black Minister" Is Apprehended
121
7
Dorcas Hoar Is Jailed
128
1
6 "GOD WILL DELIVER US OUT OF THE HANDS OF UNMERCIFUL MEN"
129
23
The Case of George Jacobs Sr.
129
4
John Willard Changes Sides
133
4
Daniel Andrew Is Charged
137
1
The Carys Escape
138
2
John Alden Is Arrested
140
2
The Andover Witch-hunt
142
10
7 "GOD WILL GIVE YOU BLOOD TO DRINK"
152
21
The Court of Oyer and Terminer Is Established
155
3
Bridget Bishop Is Tried
158
7
The Court Completes Its First Session
165
5
The First Mass Execution and Its Effects
170
3
8 "WHAT A SAD THING IT IS TO SEE EIGHT FIREBRANDS OF HELL HANGING THERE"
173
22
The Case of George Burroughs
173
2
The Proctors Are Condemned
175
2
The Cases of George Jacobs Sr., John Willard, and Martha Carrier
177
1
The Hangings of August 19
178
3
The Trials of September: The Cases of Martha Corey and Mary Easty
181
2
The Ordeal of Giles Corey
183
4
The Mood in September 1692
187
2
The Confessions of 1692
189
6
9 "IT WERE BETTER THAT TEN SUSPECTED WITCHES SHOULD ESCAPE, THAN THAT ONE INNOCENT PERSON SHOULD BE CONDEMNED"
195
20
Voices Are Raised in Opposition to the Trials
196
5
Phips Dismisses the Court of Oyer and Terminer
201
5
The Jails Are Emptied
206
2
The Superior Court of Judicature
208
3
The Magistrates and the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Guilty As Charged?
211
4
10 "RUINED IN THE MISTAKEN MANAGEMENT OF THE TERRIBLE AFFAIR CALLED WITCHCRAFT"
215
28
Cotton Mather and His "Wonders of the Invisible World"
216
7
Salem in Ruins
223
7
The Repenting Begins
230
6
Settling Up
236
7
EPILOGUE
243
8
NOTES
251
37
A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
288
9
APPENDIX
297
6
INDEX
303