Reading Samuel Sewall’s diaries
Thomas Danforth and his role in the Salem witch trials.
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Pirates, a prelude to the Salem witch trials
Massachusetts Bay Colony had numerous issues with pirates, from Dixey Bull to Blackbeard. During the interim (post-Andros, pre-Phips) government, the Court of Assistants ruled on a piracy case involving several men from Salem. The final verdicts would reverberate throughout the …