Contents
Introduction: Emerging Out of Salem’s Shadow
1. Cauldron of Fear: Connecticut Executes First Accused Witch in America
2. Conjuring Hysteria: Beliefs About Witchcraft in the 1600s
3. Dark Spell: The Impact of Mary Johnson’s Confession
4. Dangerous Brew: The Hartford and Fairfield Witch Panics
5. The Devil’s Familiars: Some of the More Infamous Connecticut Witchcraft Cases
6. New Incantation: A Quiet Cry to Stop the Witch Hunts
7. Wicked Democracy: Government and Gallows in Connecticut
8. The Wallingford Witch: Connecticut’s Final Witchcraft Trial
9. Bewitched: Myths and Mistruths About Connecticut’s Witch Trials
Afterword: Descendants Petition for Posthumous Pardons
Timeline: Connecticut Witch Hysteria
Chart: Connecticut Residents Accused of Witchcraft, 1647–1724