ABSTRACT
This chapter explains how seventeenth- and eighteenth-century colonial Americans dealt with witchcraft, in theory and practice. It looks at American writings on witchcraft (demonologies) and at specific laws and trials in several colonies.
This chapter explains how seventeenth- and eighteenth-century colonial Americans dealt with witchcraft, in theory and practice. It looks at American writings on witchcraft (demonologies) and at specific laws and trials in several colonies.