The hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials doesn’t happen on its own. What precedent helped establish the ideas of a witch conspiracy in 1692? A case in 1688 provided a backdrop for Salem. A Boston woman hanged for the crime, but how does this appear in 1692? This narrative drawn from primary sources details the […]Read Post ›
I’ve started to add data to NodeXL to create a graph of the first 45 documents of the witch trials. This covers the accusations and examinations of Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, Tituba, Dorothy Good, Martha Corey, Rachel Clinton, and Rebecca Nurse. It also reaches the naming of Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce. Within these 45 […]Read Post ›
I just want to leave a post about the research I’m working on right now. This current semester I am taking a course on Digital History and with the help of my professor Dr. Diane Cline, I am working on a social network analysis of the Salem Witch Trials. Social Network Analysis, SNA, looks at […]Read Post ›
