The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
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The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem
$10.00
The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem: Historians examine the tragic events leading to convictions during a specific summer when fear drove neighbors against each other without proof. The book explores how social pressure transformed a community's moral compass into instruments of deadly persecution by men claiming divine power for themselves historically speaking during that time period specifically. Victims and survivors are remembered through accounts that highlight the cost of unchecked paranoia spreading through tight-knit villages quickly under stress conditions prevalent in New England at that time specifically.