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Rebecca Nurse - one of the most unlikely persons to be accused as a witch in the Salem Witch Trials in Salem Village, Massachusetts - is portrayed by an actress from Women in History
Spend an evening with Rebecca Nurse as she is portrayed by an actress from Women in History. A devout Puritan, homemaker, mother of eight children, and a highly respected member of the community, she was one of the most unlikely persons to be accused as a witch in the Salem Witch Trials. Reasons are many for the rise of witchcraft accusations during that time and nineteen innocent victims fell to the hysteria.
Rebecca shares what life was like in Salem, as a Puritan, as a wife, as a New World settler and how politics, religion, economics and human nature all converged to create the “perfect storm” for this unfortunate and tragic blot in our nation’s history.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Bay Village Library.
TAGS: | History |
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