good evening, everyone. i m victor olvera, director of merchandizing for the peabody essex museum. we are really pleased to host daniel gagnon, author of a sale in which trial, execution and exoneration of rebecca nurse, which vividly recreates 17th century salem and challenges previous interpretations of rebecca nurse s life and the 1692 witch trials. witchcraft accusations spread from salem villages. villages massachusetts ensnaring innocent people from all strata of society under a burden of assumed guilt. one of the most significant accusations and most unlikely was against a 71 year old grandmother, rebecca nurse, a remarkable woman whose legacy has transformed how the witch hunt has been remembered and memorialized. before we turn the podium over to daniel feiler for his presentation, would like to point out that there are more ways to. learn about rebecca nurse in the salem witch trials, not the least of which is the museum s current witch trials. pop-up experience on
exoneration of rebecca nurse, which vividly recreates 17th century salem and challenges previous interpretations of rebecca nurse s life and the 1692 witch trials. witchcraft accusations spread from salem villages. villages massachusetts ensnaring innocent people from all strata of society under a burden of assumed guilt. one of the most significant accusations and most unlikely was against a 71 year old grandmother, rebecca nurse, a remarkable woman whose legacy has transformed how the witch hunt has been remembered and memorialized. before we turn the podium over to daniel feiler for his presentation, would like to point out that there are more ways to. learn about rebecca nurse in the salem witch trials, not the least of which is the museum s current witch trials. pop-up experience on view a rare original document that illustrates how the town sisters rebecca nurse mary sd and sarah joyce experienced the trials. in addition the museum is showing artifacts and art relating
good evening, everyone. i m victor olvera, director of merchandizing for the peabody essex museum. we are really pleased to host daniel gagnon, author of a sale in which trial, execution and exoneration of rebecca nurse, which vividly recreates 17th century salem and challenges previous interpretations of rebecca nurse s life and the 1692 witch trials. witchcraft accusations spread from salem villages. villages massachusetts ensnaring innocent people from all strata of society under a burden of assumed guilt. one of the most significant accusations and most unlikely was against a 71 year old grandmother, rebecca nurse, a remarkable woman whose legacy has transformed how the witch hunt has been remembered and memorialized. before we turn the podium over to daniel feiler for his presentation, would like to point out that there are more ways to. learn about rebecca nurse in the salem witch trials, not the least of which is the museum s current witch trials. pop-up experience on
daniel gagnon, author of a sale in which trial, execution and exoneration of rebecca nurse, which vividly recreates 17th century salem and challenges previous interpretations of rebecca nurse s life and the 1692 witch trials. witchcraft accusations spread from salem villages. villages massachusetts ensnaring innocent people from all strata of society under a burden of assumed guilt. one of the most significant accusations and most unlikely was against a 71 year old grandmother, rebecca nurse, a remarkable woman whose legacy has transformed how the witch hunt has been remembered and memorialized. before we turn the podium over to daniel feiler for his presentation, would like to point out that there are more ways to. learn about rebecca nurse in the salem witch trials, not the least of which is the museum s current witch trials. pop-up experience on view a rare original document that illustrates how the town sisters rebecca nurse mary sd and sarah joyce experienced the trials.
good evening, everyone. i m victor olvera, director of merchandizing for the peabody essex museum. we are really pleased to host daniel gagnon, author of a sale in which trial, execution and exoneration of rebecca nurse, which vividly recreates 17th century salem and challenges previous interpretations of rebecca nurse s life and the 1692 witch trials. witchcraft accusations spread from salem villages. villages massachusetts ensnaring innocent people from all strata of society under a burden of assumed guilt. one of the most significant accusations and most unlikely was against a 71 year old grandmother, rebecca nurse, a remarkable woman whose legacy has transformed how the witch hunt has been remembered and memorialized. before we turn the podium over to daniel feiler for his presentation, would like to point out that there are more ways to. learn about rebecca nurse in the salem witch trials, not the least of which is the museum s current witch trials. pop-up experience on