The writings of the Salem Witch Trials are fairly well documented as a matter of history and of law. There are several websites that document the actual trials, but I've always wondered if there were any journals /diaries kept during the time period.
I would imagine that if someone wrote anything other than full support of such actions they could be accused of any number of things so it was probably not something that would have been common. However, as we have seen in several instances, the threat of discovery does not stop a true "Diarist" (saying 'journalist' creates a different image).
The above entry is a work of fiction. It represents a plausible entry that a girl could have written during the trials.
It makes me wonder and want to research early American diaries / journals even more.
-Tom
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Curious about the Salem witch trials? Did you know that Rhode Island also had several noted cases of vampirism in colonial itmes. And where do you go to learn about all this? No, not the internet--New England. *ahem* But, we do have a snowstorm predicted for this weekend, so maybe you should wait at least until Tuesday before flying up here. ;) *teehee*
Those cases of "vampirism were nothing more than tuberculosis striking families and communities.
And there were no witches in Salem, just a bunch of hysterical teens and poor souls who owned property other folks coveted.
Modern Wiccans like to act like there was something witchy going on in Salem, that has something to do with Wicca, but there wasn't. Wicca is a made up religion of the late 19th and early 20th century.
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