All posts tagged "Salem witch trials"
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16.9K2New England PlacesSix Loyalist Houses
A Loyalist House was likely to be seized and sold when the American Revolution broke out. Many colonies passed laws that let...
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20.3K6MaineThe Candlemas Massacre and the Salem Witch Trials
One week after two girls in Salem, Mass., begun having strange fits, the Candlemas Massacre wiped out the village of York in...
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9.6KArts and LeisureNew England in Early Film
A century before the film Manchester by the Sea was nominated for six Academy Awards, New England played many a starring role on...
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43.6K5Arts and LeisureThe Crucible, or How Arthur Miller Got the Salem Witch Trials Wrong
Arthur Miller ostensibly wrote his classic drama The Crucible about the Salem witch trials of 1692, but he aimed it at Sen. Joseph...
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14.1K7MassachusettsIn 1685 Massachusetts Legalized Christmas, to Samuel Sewall’s Dismay
In 1685, a tolerant wind blew briefly through England when James II ascended to the throne. He ordered greater freedom for Roman...
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21.2K9Arts and LeisureThe Salem Witch Trials, or Still Raking It In After All These Years
People still can’t seem to get enough of the Salem witch trials, which remain a mainstay of popular culture more than three...
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