LEADER 03928nam 2200541 450 001 9910453406203321 005 20170817203918.0 010 $a0-19-972879-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001204513 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087541 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5745571 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001204513 100 $a20190429d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn search of the promised land $ea slave family in the Old South /$fJohn Hope Franklin, Loren Schweninger 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (208 p. ) $cill., maps 225 0$aNew narratives in American history 311 $a0-19-516088-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and index. 330 $aRichard Godbeer describes the witch hunt that took place in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1692, detailing the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to wails of pain and fright, who accused several women of bewitching her. 330 $bFew events in American history are as well remembered as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But there was another witch hunt that year, in Stamford, Connecticut, that has never been examined in depth. Now Richard Godbeer describes this "other witch hunt" in a concise, fascinating narrative that illuminates the colonial world and shatters the stereotype of early New Englanders as quick to accuse and condemn. That stereotype originates with Salem, which was in many ways unlike other outbreaks of witch-hunting in the region. Drawing on eye-witness testimony, Godbeer tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. The book takes us inside the courtroom--and inside the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford townfolk. Was the pain and screaming due to natural causes, or to supernatural causes? Was Branch simply faking the symptoms? And if she was telling the truth, why believe the demonic sources of the information, who might well be lying? For the judges, Godbeer shows, the trial was a legal thicket. All agreed that witches posed a real and serious threat, but proving witchcraft (an invisible crime) in court was another matter. The court in Salem had become mired in controversy over its use of dubious evidence. In an intriguing passage, Godbeer examines Magistrate Jonathan Selleck's notes on how to determine the guilt of someone accused of witchcraft--an illuminating look at what constituted proof of witchcraft at the time. The stakes were high--if found guilty, the two accused women would be hanged. In the afterword, Godbeer explains how he used the trial evidence to build his narrative, an inside look at the historian's craft that enhances this wonderful account of life in colonial New England. 606 $aSlaves$zTennessee$zNashville$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$zTennessee$zNashville$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American families$zSouthern States$vCase studies 606 $aSlavery$zSouthern States$vCase studies 607 $aNashville (Tenn.)$vBiography 607 $aNashville (Tenn.)$xRace relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSlaves 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aAfrican American families 615 0$aSlavery 676 $a133.43097469 700 $aFranklin$b John Hope$f1915-2009,$0303159 702 $aSchweninger$b Loren 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453406203321 996 $aIn search of the promised land$92003726 997 $aUNINA