Lesser Known Witches of New England is a free virtual lecture series on January 28, February 25, and March 24. Outside of the well-known witchcraft outbreak at Salem and Essex County in 1692, there were other cases that resulted in trials of people suspected of covenanting with the Devil in order to harm their neighbors. These crises reveal fascinating details about community life in seventeenth-century New England towns.
Malcolm Gaskill, Professor Emeritus of History, University of East Anglia
Topic: The Springfield witchcraft outbreak of 1651
Paul B. Moyer, Professor of History, SUNY Brockport
Topic: The Hartford witchcraft outbreak of 1662
Emily C.K. Romeo, Assistant Professor of History at Northern Michigan University
Topic: Witchcraft and women’s violence in colonial New England
