salem, peabody, danvers -- a huge area where people could be up to 12 miles away from the meeting house and be expected to attend worship in what is now downtown salem on the sabbath. ironically, on the lord's day of rest, you are expected to spend half a day trying to get into church. imagine trying to do that in a blizzard in february. so people in outlying areas like salem village had been trying to achieve their independence and hire their own minister, to break off from salem. salem had allowed a number of communities to do this, including beverly, windham, manchester. but they were reluctant to let salem village go for a number of reasons. finally, in 1672, salem village is granted parish status. quasi-freedom. they can use their tax money to hire a minister, but they do not have political control over the community. that create all sorts of trouble and factions. why -- by 1692, they are on their fourth minister in 20 years. and that is reverence in a paris, very contentious figure who is at the heart of the problems in salem village. he certainly does nothing to improve the situa

traft from danvers.nd our very own marilyn. -- whenink is just people say, you know more than anybody, i say no she is the , person. she has been doing this a very long time. she knows so much and has looked at everything. she was invaluable in this. she would say, oh, do you know about this document. she ended up writing the thumbnail bios for everyone in the book, a herculean task. so, we are very indebted to her. the whole team was an amazing thing. and the fact that we finished it in less than a decade was amazing. thad has already given us an overview. i would like to talk about the actual documents. if we are going to talk about what happened, if you have ever heard me talk before, i do go in depth into what it took document ary-wise to do i whole case. this is my one slide summary. there are three phases to any case. first, the investigation, when someone would complain. the magistrates send out a warrant and the person would be interrogated. sometimes in public and sometimes in private. they deci

many of the sites associated are in what'sals now danver or have been demolished. aside from proctor's ledge -- >> no. wait a second. a team confirmed it. >> well, i only had 10 minutes. >> okay p. [laughter] >> one spot truly associated ofh the trials is the home judge korwin. even that building has been centuryfrom its 17th farm. but one couldn't actually see much in salem other than gazing upon noting where certain buildings once stood. or lack of extant structures a single museum has left the telling of that important a diverse set of sites that range from attractions to more serious inquiry.at historical so public history studies indicate that in the absence of culture connections, havectual events of 1692 likely been overwhelmed by other parts of the landscape. in this case, the public history is similar to the public history of slavery. just as slavery has been to a moreed marketable and visible "gone acrosse wind" narrative, the american south, the history of 1692 has become subordinated a more general celebration of macabre in salem. outnumber sites associ

many of the sites associated with witch trials are in what's now danver or have been demolished. aside from the execution site at proctor's ledge -- >> no. wait a second. we as a team confirmed what early did. bethanie: well, i only had 10 minutes. ted baker: ok. [laughter] bethanie: one spot truly associated with the trials is the home of judge korwin. even that building has been altered from its 17th century form. as robert notes, but one couldn't actually see much in salem other than gazing upon noting where certain buildings once stood. the lack of extant structures or a single museum has left the telling of that important narrative to a diverse set of sites that range from attractions to more serious attempts at historical inquiry. still public history studies indicate that in the absence of material culture connections, the actual events of 1692 have likely been overwhelmed by other parts of the tourist landscape. in this case, the public history of the witch trials is similar to the public history of slavery. just as slavery has been subordinated to a more marketable and v