Caleph Descendent's Response to the Witch Trials


http://www.acidus.com/Salem/salem_witch_trials_1.html

Theme: People
Purpose: Chronology of events mixed with personal remarks
Author: College Graduate, descendant of Robert Calef
Design Elements: Non-existent
Special Features:
Authenticity: 1
Accuracy: 1
Navigability: 2
Scope: Shallow historical chronology of events
Overall Rating:


Abstract:

The first line of this website (“It is likely witchcraft was being practiced in Salem Village”) implies this author’s inaccuracy and bias. The author attempts to add a historical account of the trials to his experience when he visited Salem. His “facts” sound more like a tourism handout than anything historical as he makes wild assumptions and falls victim to stereotypical explanations for the events. He scanned in pictures Salem graveyards on which were “ghost-like orbs.”



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