KnowraSalem witch trialsLinked fromLinked fromThe 14 pages that link to Salem witch trials, each with the reason it gives.All 14Broader topic 7Related 5Narrower topic 2ScapegoatingBroader topic: Accusations concentrated community fears and conflicts on alleged witches.Massachusetts Bay ColonyBroader topic: The trials occurred in the successor Province of Massachusetts Bay, amid political and social instability.New EnglandBroader topic: They remain a stark example of the religious tensions and legal failures in colonial New England.Women's historyBroader topic: The trials show how gender shaped accusations, authority, and vulnerability.Nathaniel HawthorneRelated: Hawthorne’s Salem ancestry connected him to the trials and their legacy of accusation and shame.WitchcraftBroader topic: Salem became a lasting example of how witchcraft accusations can escalate into mass persecution.ScapegoatRelated: Accusations concentrated communal fears and conflicts on alleged witches.The CrucibleNarrower topic: The trials supply the play’s historical setting and the accusations that drive its plot.Cotton MatherRelated: Mather became closely associated with the crisis through his writings about evidence and possession.Witch trialsBroader topic: Salem is the best-known North American case and shows the danger of spectral evidence.Increase MatherRelated: Mather commented on the crisis and defended some use of spectral evidence while urging caution.Maryse CondéRelated: Her Tituba novel counters the familiar trials narrative by centering an enslaved Caribbean woman.Province of Massachusetts BayBroader topic: The trials unfolded during the province’s first years under its new charter.William StoughtonNarrower topic: Stoughton’s judicial role is best understood as part of this broader crisis.