TAMUC History Professor Busts Myths About The Salem Witch Trials
October 25, 2023
October 25, 2023
COMMERCE, Texas, Oct. 25 -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news release:
When we think about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, we may conjure horrific mental images of women being burned at the stake or bound by ropes and thrown into the water. But our assumptions about what happened during that bizarre time in American history may be misguided, and our mental images may be nothing more than misconceptions.
Dr. John Howard Smith, a history pr . . .
When we think about the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, we may conjure horrific mental images of women being burned at the stake or bound by ropes and thrown into the water. But our assumptions about what happened during that bizarre time in American history may be misguided, and our mental images may be nothing more than misconceptions.
Dr. John Howard Smith, a history pr . . .