Adriana Mather, whose ancestor, Cotton Mather, was an integral part of the infamous Salem Witch Trials, returns to that cursed town in her new novel, How to Hang a Witch. This YA novel follows a ...

The witch trial craze in Salem Village faded in 1693, possibly due in part to the public stance taken by prominent anti-witch-trial figures like Puritan minister Cotton Mather. ( Witch hunt ...

And the backlash from the Salem Witch Trials made it difficult to convince people that inoculation worked. Cotton Mather is a familiar figure to people who have an acquaintance with colonial ...

A descendant of Cotton Mather called Sheboygan home. The summer of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, was memorable for its fanaticism and cruelty.

Cotton Mather, a colonial preacher, encouraged the witchcraft trials. ... Early on, the Salem witch trials disappeared from the record; a hush descended over 1692 for generations.

The Salem witch trials, a dark chapter in colonial Massachusetts history (1692-1693), saw over 200 accused and 20 executed for witchcraft. ... Reverend Cotton Mather, ...

David Teniers II’s “Incantation Scene” (1650-1690) anchors a display in “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming,” along with two 17th-century books about witchcraft from the ...