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Before Salem: Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley 1647-1663

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Decades before the Salem Witch trials, 11 people were hanged as witches within the Connecticut River Valley. The advent of witch hunting in New England was once instantly influenced by the English Civil War and the witch trials in England led by Matthew Hopkins, who pioneered “techniques” for examining witches.

This history examines the outbreak of witch hysteria within the Valley, specializing in accusations of demonic possession, apotropaic magic and the role of the clergy.

Despite the fact that the hysteria was once ultimately quelled by a progressive magistrate unwilling to check out witches, accounts of the rigors later influenced recent writers throughout the Salem witch hunts. The source of the document “Grounds for Examination of a Witch” is identified.

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