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Witchcraft in Colonial Virginia


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This collection of excerpts focuses on the history of witchcraft beliefs and accusations in colonial Virginia from 1626 to 1730. It outlines the legal framework regarding witchcraft during this period, discussing relevant English statutes like the Acts of 1542, 1563, and the influential Statute of James I from 1604, alongside their repeal in 1736. The text explores various folk beliefs surrounding witches and their supposed abilities, such as familiars, flying, causing storms, using puppets, and transformation, while also examining methods of identification and protection like witch marks, ducking, and amulets. It provides descriptions of several known witchcraft accusations and legal proceedings that occurred in Virginia and its surrounding areas, including prominent cases like that of Grace Sherwood, and touches upon early settlers' views of Native Americans in the context of witchcraft beliefs.

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