The American Witch Trials Before Salem - Witches & Witch Hunting in Colonial North America

While the Witch Trials of 1692/3 Salem are the most infamous in American history, there were numerous other Witch Panics, Trials and Executions in the North American Colonies.  This episode discusses the earliest Witch Trials in Virginia, Maryland and Connecticut.  From the first woman accused in Virginia, to the first executed in Connecticut, the men accused and executed, even those executed aboard ship on their way to the Colonies come learn the history of the Colonial Witch Trials that happened before being overshadowed by those in Salem.

Make Sure to Subscribe & Consider supporting Esoterica by
becoming a monthly Patron - Patreon: esotericachannel
a one time donation - https://www.paypal.me/esotericachannel
or the Super Thanks  - Your support is profoundly appreciated!

#witch #witchcraft #americanhistory

Recommended Reading:

Boynton - Connecticut Witch Trials -  978-1626193871
Ross - Before Salem: Witch Hunting in the Connecticut River Valley, 1647-1663 - 978-1476666488
Karlsen - The Devil in the Shape of a Woman - 978-0393317596
Hall - Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England: A Documentary History 1638-1693 - 978-0822336136
Virginia - General Court Hears Case on Witchcraft (1626) - https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entr...
Primary Documents Connecticut Witchcraft Trials - https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/...