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An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials
by Deborah Noyes
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I saw this graphic, An Outbreak of Witchcraft: A Graphic Novel of the Salem Witch Trials by Deborah Noyes at my local and it seemed an interesting story. So, of course, I purchased it. 😃👍😎 It's a true story based on the Salem witch trials of 1692 - 1693.
America was just being settled and there were many pressures; settlers chased out of Maine by French (from New France, aka Canada) and their Native allies; religious intolerance & persecution, misogyny, boredom, and so many other things. Young girls begin having seizures and spells and start blaming neighbour women of casting spells on them, being in league with the devil.
This is the setting for the witch trials which will ultimately end up with 19 men and women being executed by hanging. Others died in prison before the Governor ultimately decided that enough was enough.
It's an interesting, frightening and depressing story. Why did the young girls accuse their neighbours? Was it witchcraft? Were they bored? Were they victims of mass psychosis? Was it PTSD from watching their families murdered in Maine by the French? Was it a way of solving boundary disputes between families? There don't seem to be clear answers. It was a carry over from witchcraft trials in Britain and the European continent.
The story left me cold but I'm glad I read it. It's well written and well illustrated and each chapter provides an outline of the events taking place. Check it out. (3.0 stars)
America was just being settled and there were many pressures; settlers chased out of Maine by French (from New France, aka Canada) and their Native allies; religious intolerance & persecution, misogyny, boredom, and so many other things. Young girls begin having seizures and spells and start blaming neighbour women of casting spells on them, being in league with the devil.
This is the setting for the witch trials which will ultimately end up with 19 men and women being executed by hanging. Others died in prison before the Governor ultimately decided that enough was enough.
It's an interesting, frightening and depressing story. Why did the young girls accuse their neighbours? Was it witchcraft? Were they bored? Were they victims of mass psychosis? Was it PTSD from watching their families murdered in Maine by the French? Was it a way of solving boundary disputes between families? There don't seem to be clear answers. It was a carry over from witchcraft trials in Britain and the European continent.
The story left me cold but I'm glad I read it. It's well written and well illustrated and each chapter provides an outline of the events taking place. Check it out. (3.0 stars)