Many newly transcribed ivy teams many newly transcribed by the teams members. Margo burns welcome back. Should be a really interesting session. I would like to introduce to you my good friend and partner in which graph studies, margo burns. Margo was one of the leading experts on the trials. One of the leading experts in the salem witch hunt. She probably has forgotten more about the individual documents than i will ever know. We asked her to speak about those records and the Amazing Things you can learn from a close read of them. I should also mention that he that she is the author of my favorite article on the trials. It looks at the issue of false confession that i strongly recommend to you. Margo burns. Just so you know, i have a completely different read on the coercion of false confessions that he gave a few minutes ago. Read my article and you will find out. I am here today primarily to talk about the actual documents. And how do we know what we know. When ever i read or hear an
Host welcome back. Im thrilled to see you here for what should be a really interesting session. I would like to introduce to you my good friend and partner in witchcraft studies margo burns. , margo was one of the leading experts on the trials. One of the editors of the incredible records of the salem witchhunt. She has probably forgotten more about the individual documents than i will ever know. We asked her to speak about those records and the Amazing Things you can learn from a close read of them. I should also mention that she is the author of my favorite article on the salem witch trials. It looks at the issue of false confession that i strongly recommend to you. Margo burns. [applause] margo burns just so you know, i have a completely different read on the coercion of false confessions than he gave a few minutes ago. Read my article and you will find out. I am here today primarily to talk about the actual documents. And how do we know what we know. One of the things he was doing
On trial. A book she discusses managed titled records of the salem witchhunt. 12 individuals worked to complete the book. This presentation is part of an all day Salem State University presentation. Host welcome back. I am thrilled to see you all here for what should be a really interesting session. I would like to introduce to you my good friend and partner in witchcraft studies, margo burns. Margo was one of the leading experts on the trials. One of the editors in the records of the salem witchhunt. In some degree, she probably has forgotten more about the individual documents than i will ever know. We asked her to speak about those records and the Amazing Things you can learn from a close read of them. I should also mention that she is the author of my favorite articles on the salem witch trials. It looks at the issue of false confession that i strongly recommend to you. Margo burns. [applause] thank you. Just so you know, i have a completely different read on the coercion of false
History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan3. To join the conversation, like us on facebook. Next on American History television, pulitzer prizewinning author eic foner on the challenges of establishing civil rights for friedman in the reconstruction period and beyond. Eric foner. With that, i would like to introduce eric foner. Eric when iuntered was a College Student thinking about becoming an historian and had visions of riding a good book. Then i read freemen, free soil, maybe ir and thought ought to stop now. I will not be able to write a book that good. Whatis is his first book, is he going to write . I ran away from antebellum history. You cant compete with people like him. I have come back to antebellum history and slavery and since then, i have relied on many of erics more than 20 books. I would review the list, but we do not have that much time. I do want to say, and this is the fun of introducing a speaker, looking at his selected publications, i notice he has written a
The trial, and to some degrees, thats what were talking about this afternoon in our sessions on witch city and also our keynote speech by professor foote on gallows hill. Just one thought for me before i introduce the panel for the panel discussion, and that is that its my sincere hope that the work of the past couple years to recognize the execution site at proctors ledge can hopefully be a new start, a fresh beginning for salem to really recognize officially and formally this troubled history. And i just want to say, i probably should have said this this morning when the mayor was here, but the mayor and her staff, and everyone in the city of salem, i think, has just been incredibly supportive. When we first came forward to them as a member of the gallows hill team and told them that we had the execution site, i didnt know what the response would be. And some of us were saying, like mary and i were saying, wow, how are we gonna raise money to build the memorial and what do we do . An