EXACERBATING FACTOR: The role of Cotton Mather

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Who was Cotton Mather?

  • Cotton Mather and his father, Increase were two of the most senior Puritan clergymen in Massachusetts

  • Cotton often preached about the danger of witches

  • He wrote over 400 books, and by the time of the Salem trials, had already published a number of works on witchcraft

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Memorable Providences relating to Witchcrafts and Possesions

  • Published in 1689

  • Acted as an inspiration and guide to those who conducted the Salem hunt

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The Goodwin possessions

  • Mather was involved in the trial and interviewed the suspect, Mary Glover in person

  • Glover apparently named other witches to Mather, however he never revealed their names as he believed that women who made a pact with the Devil were inclined to lie

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Impact of the Goodwin possesions

  • Mather preached the evidence that a witch should never be used to charge another suspect because the Devil may have been attempting to incriminate innocent people