This event was the subject of Cotton Mather's book Wonders of the Invisible World.
This event was the subject of Cotton Mather's book Wonders of the Invisible World. Scientist Linnda R. Caporael suggested that this event was prompted by an outbreak of ergotism caused by claviceps purpurea. Nathaniel Hawthorne may have added a "w" to his name to distance himself from his ancestor William Hathorne, who was involved in this event. The voodoo slave Tituba and Elizabeth Proctor were some of the victims of, for 10 points, what bout of mass hysteria in 17th century Massachusetts that led to the deaths of over twenty people accused of witchcraft.
This event was the subject of Cotton Mather's book Wonders of the Invisible World.
{Salem Witch Trials}