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1. Peodat Lawson Describes Events at Salem (1692)
Deodat Lawson
In this chapter, we get to see Reverend Deodat Lawson having uncertain joy of serving as a
minister in Massachusetts, a strange community that was believed to have demons controlling
the state. His wife together with the daughter pass on when he headed to Maine for on off
making him have great thoughts and furthermore take on his proceedings. He there after
recognized that Satan was indeed in Massachusetts after Ann Putnam made a false testimony
concerning his wife and daughter’s death leading him to preach against evil that he believed
existed. Later on he publishes the first account of Salem Witch Trial which gave people a
disturbing look out into the frightened colony. Additionally, Deodat Lawson was an English
minister who served as a pastor in Salem village from 1684 to 1688 until 1962 where rumors
reached Boston, his previous homeland, that the niece to his successor had been afflicted by a
witch and also played a role in his wife and daughter’s death who passed on while he was in
Salem village. Him getting worried about his successor and getting discovers the truth he set out
for Salem village in 1962.
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2 .Four British Folkways in America
David Hackett Fisher
Massachusetts Marriage Ways; The Puritan Idea of Marriage as a contract.
In Massachusetts age at first marriage was extraordinary in that despite availability of land
men did not rush to marriage. Men tend to marry at the age of 26 and the women at 23 hence this
pattern persisted nearly a century. Additionally, men not marrying at all appeared normal and
tend to be high amongst them unlike the New England who even though delayed ten years
beyond puberty still got married. This lead to a high adult population reaching maturity without
marrying. But from the start, things were different in the Puritan colonies whereby in the town of
Rowley, Massachusetts, every child who reached adulthood got married for it was considered
strong in the culture.” Thornbacks” was the name given to women who did not get married at the
age of thirty and failure to get married was a sign of God’s ill favor. Moreover the Church of
England taught matrimony as a sacred union and ought to be performed by a priest.
3. New Netherland Act Emancipating Certain Slaves (1644)
E.B.O’Callaghan
The Council of New Netherlands grants freedom and liberty to servitude who served
Company A for 19 years. The servitudes were brought as first slaves in New Netherlands by the
Dutch and Indian company which led the colony. The slaves were granted freedom they served
the West Honorable company for numerous years and were promised freedom for a very long
time. Moreover they also needed to support their kids and wives as accustomed to doing by
earning their income through farming the land manifested an...