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RAGS TO WITCHES
THE ORIGINS OF NEW ENGLAND WITCH PANIC... AND THE ROLE OF MY ANCESTOR
PROGRAM PRESENTER:
David Bradford, is a UW grad with degrees in medicine and business who speaks regionally to history and genealogy groups about technology and medical topics. He has been a member of the Rock County Genealogical Society and the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center for more than 30 years, and has served board chairperson and secretary of the RCGS. He is currently the long term webmaster for the Society.
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Dave will explore the community witch hysteria and social panic that infected New England Colonial America, with emphasis on Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay Colonies, including the notorious Puritan theocracy, Salem Village (now, Danver, MA). Dave traces his family's connection to witch trials, and then, using selected witch trials between 1647 and 1697, discusses the likely root causes of the hysteria, the peculiarities in the Colonial legal system, various "witch tests", the kinds of punishments meted out to Colonial transgressors, the factors that lead to the end of the trials, and modern-day exoneration efforts.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION (content used herein with permission of the copyright holder). All Rights Reserved. No part of this presentation may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. COPYRIGHT © 2021, RCGS. Use of data from this page is limited to the membership of the Rock County Genealogical Society exclusively for the purpose of advancing her or his individual education.
PROGRAM AUDIENCE HANDOUT
THE ORIGINS OF NEW ENGLAND WITCH PANIC... AND THE ROLE OF MY ANCESTOR
PROGRAM PRESENTER:
David Bradford, is a UW grad with degrees in medicine and business who speaks regionally to history and genealogy groups about technology and medical topics. He has been a member of the Rock County Genealogical Society and the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center for more than 30 years, and has served board chairperson and secretary of the RCGS. He is currently the long term webmaster for the Society.
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Dave will explore the community witch hysteria and social panic that infected New England Colonial America, with emphasis on Connecticut and Massachusetts Bay Colonies, including the notorious Puritan theocracy, Salem Village (now, Danver, MA). Dave traces his family's connection to witch trials, and then, using selected witch trials between 1647 and 1697, discusses the likely root causes of the hysteria, the peculiarities in the Colonial legal system, various "witch tests", the kinds of punishments meted out to Colonial transgressors, the factors that lead to the end of the trials, and modern-day exoneration efforts.
COPYRIGHT INFORMATION (content used herein with permission of the copyright holder). All Rights Reserved. No part of this presentation may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. COPYRIGHT © 2021, RCGS. Use of data from this page is limited to the membership of the Rock County Genealogical Society exclusively for the purpose of advancing her or his individual education.
PROGRAM AUDIENCE HANDOUT
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PROGRAM VIDEO - Starts at the 1 minute, 24 second mark