Witchcraft In Colonial Virginia

Author : Carson O. Hudson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439667810
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia written by Carson O. Hudson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emmy Award–winning screenwriter “examines spine-tingling tales in chapters called ‘The Beliefs,’ ‘The Law,’ ‘The Experts’ and ‘The Witches’” (Bristol Herald Courier). While the Salem witch trials get the most notoriety, Virginia’s witchcraft history dates back many years before that . . . Colonial Virginians shared a common belief in the supernatural with their northern neighbors. While the witchcraft mania that swept through Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 was significant, fascination with it has tended to overshadow the historical records of other persecutions throughout early America. The 1626 case of Joan Wright, the first woman to be accused of witchcraft in British North America, began Virginia’s own witch craze. Utilizing surviving records, author, local historian and screenwriter Carson Hudson narrates these fascinating stories.

Author : Carson O Hudson Jr
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540240255
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia written by Carson O Hudson Jr and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the witchcraft mania that swept through Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 was significant, fascination with it has tended to overshadow the historical records of other persecutions throughout early America. Colonial Virginians shared a common belief in the supernatural with their northern neighbors. The 1626 case of Joan Wright, the first woman to be accused of witchcraft in British North America, began Virginia's own witch craze. Utilizing surviving records, local historian Carson Hudson narrates these fascinating stories.

Author : Carson O. Hudson
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0741408597
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book These Detestable Slaves of the Devill written by Carson O. Hudson and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James T. Bowyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Witch of Jamestown written by James T. Bowyer and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alison Games
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1442203595
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Witchcraft in Early North America written by Alison Games and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-16 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Carol F. Karlsen
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393347192
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England written by Carol F. Karlsen and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998-04-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A pioneer work in…the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft." —Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem. More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches—vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.

Author : Peter Geschiere
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813917030
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Modernity of Witchcraft written by Peter Geschiere and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many Westerners, the disappearance of African traditions of witchcraft might seem inevitable wuth continued modernization. In The Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschieres uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to argue that contemporary ideas and practices of witchcraft are more a response to modern exigencies than a lingering cultural custom. The prevalence of witchcraft, especially in African politics and entrepreneurship, demonstrates the unlikely balance it has achieved with the forces of modernity. Geshiere explores why modern techniques and commodities, usually of Western Provenance, have become central in rumors of the occult.

Author : Robert C Jones
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colonial Witchcraft written by Robert C Jones and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-04-08 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It wasn't that long ago that most Americans believed in demons and witches, and demonic manifestations. If something was going wrong in your society - drought, plague, disease, crop failure, war - how much easier it was to blame it on the devil, rather than taking any responsibility as an individual or a society. And if one was going to track down witches, one didn't really want them to be able to mount a defense. Thus, "spectral evidence" became useful, since there was no defense against it, and it was solely at the initiative of the accuser. There were witch trials in Connecticut, Virginia, and Massachusetts - and in Spanish New Mexico, for good measure. Most of the trials ended up in some executions. This book takes a brief look at "Witchcraft in Colonial America", the persecution of which didn't end until the 18th century. The primary focus is on the Salem Witch Trials of 1692/93, which was the greatest - and essentially last - example of witch trials. The book contains 37 illustrations.

Author : SCOTT O. MOORE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813951300
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WITCH OF PUNGO written by SCOTT O. MOORE and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benjamin C. Ray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813939926
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Satan & Salem written by Benjamin C. Ray and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks beyond single-factor interpretations to offer a far more nuanced view of why the Salem witch-hunt spiraled out of control. Rather than assigning blame to a single perpetrator, Ray assembles portraits of several major characters, each of whom had complex motives for accusing his or her neighbors. In this way, he reveals how religious, social, political, and legal factors all played a role in the drama.