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17th century America
The Connecticut witch trials were a series of witch hunts that occurred in colonial Connecticut between 1647 and 1697, predating and extending beyond the more infamous Salem witch trials of Massachusetts.
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In the Psycheverse
Psyche treats the Connecticut trials as a crucial precedent to Salem, examining how early American Puritan hysteria, occult accusation, and systemic persecution functioned in 17th-century colonial life. The Hartford panic of 1662 serves as a focal point for understanding how spiritual anxiety and community paranoia became weaponized against the vulnerable before Salem canonized witch trial mythology.
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witch trialsWitch trials were periods of intense persecution targeting individuals—predominantly women—accused of witchcraft, particularly in early modern Europe and colonial North America. The trials resulted in mass hysteria, forced confessions, and executions based on supernatural accusations rather than material evidence.historical persecutionHistorical persecution refers to systematic oppression, violence, and social exclusion directed at specific groups—including accused witches, religious minorities, and practitioners of marginalized spiritual traditions—across documented time periods.dark historyDark history refers to suppressed, forgotten, or deliberately obscured historical events—often involving occultism, persecution, or cultural upheaval—that challenge dominant narratives.colonial AmericaColonial America refers to the period of European settlement and establishment of colonies in North America, roughly from the early 1600s through the American Revolution, characterized by indigenous displacement, religious governance, and the emergence of distinct regional societies.
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