CROYDON — On Saturday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. at the Croydon Town Hall, 879 Route10, the Croydon Historical Society presents “The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us.”
On first impression, the witchcraft trials of the colonial era may seem to have been nothing but a free-for-all, fraught with hysterics. Margo Burns, 10th-generation great-granddaughter of Rebecca Nurse, who was hanged in Salem in 1692, explores an array of prosecutions in seventeenth century New England, using facsimiles of primary source manuscripts, from first formal complaints to arrest warrants, indictments of formal charges to death warrants, and the reversals of attainder and rescinding of excommunications years after the fact; demonstrating how methodically and logically the Salem Court worked. The event is open to the public, bring company. Contact Jane at 863-5353 if need any info.
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