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Connecticut history
Connecticut's witch trials (1647–1697) constitute a significant but historically overshadowed chapter of American colonial persecution, preceding and extending beyond the Salem trials. The Hartford witch panic of 1662 stands as a particularly intense period within this longer arc of accusations and executions.
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In the Psycheverse
Psyche treats the Connecticut witch trials as a crucial corrective to Salem-centric narratives, examining how regional panic, theological anxiety, and communal accusation shaped early American spiritual persecution. The Hartford panic especially reveals how quickly witch fear could crystallize and spread through a colonial society, making it a lens for understanding the mechanics of collective hysteria and the occult history embedded in American geography.
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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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