This balanced account of the Salem Village Witchcraft trials, including the events leading up to them, was first printed in 1702.
This eyewitness.
Hale had been the preacher in Salem since 1664, and was a participant in the trials, attending them and praying with the accused.
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He concludes with the theory that it was Satan, not the witches, who used the manipulation of objects to afflict others.
The book was written by Reverend John Hale, the pastor of the church in Beverly, Massachusetts.
This balanced account of the Salem Village Witchcraft trials, including the events leading up to them, was first printed in 1702