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What Were the Salem Witch Trials?

by Joan Holub

A colonial-era crisis in Salem

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A colonial-era crisis in Salem

Joan Holub’s account centers on the events that began in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, when unusual fits and claims of being pricked led residents to suspect witchcraft. The episode soon became a wider crisis: people were accused and tried, nineteen were hanged, and others remained imprisoned as fear spread through the colony. The book places this chapter of American history within the colonial period and focuses on how suspicion and accusations shaped events over the following year and a half.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 exploring American history
  • Young readers interested in colonial New England and the Salem trials
  • Classroom or home-history readers seeking an introduction to a specific historical episode

Themes

Colonial American historyWitchcraft accusationsFear and mass suspicionTrials and imprisonment

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Book overview

Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history.
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