The Salem Witch trials started in 1692 resulted in 19 executions and 150 accusations of witchcraft. This is one of the historical events almost everyone has heard of. It is a topic that is talked about, and can be seen as controversial. A quote by Laurie Carlson shows just how controversial the topic can be. "(A) character myth is certainly what the witch hunts in Europe and Salem have become, though they have more basis in fact than …showed first 75 words of 2352 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2352 total…Boyer, Paul and Nissenbaum, Stephen. Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft. Harvard: Cambridge, MA. 1974. (4.) Burns, Margo. Twentieth Century New England with Special Emphasis on the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Online at www.ogram.org/17thc/crucible.shtml (5.) Hill, Frances. A Delusion of Satan: The Full Story of the Salem Witch Trials. Doubleday: New York. 1995. (6.) Karlsen, Carol F. The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England. Random House: New York. 1987.