This day in Salem, October 8, 1692, Thomas Brattle wrote a letter criticizing the methods used in the witchcraft trials that had convicted and hanged 19 people.
Oct 8, 2021
7 min
The 1914 Great Fire of Salem was experienced differently by different Salemites and demonstrated the complicated response necessary in urban disasters of the period.
Jun 25, 2021
17 min
Salem’s port conducted a brisk international trade before and after the American Revolution, but it also profited greatly from privateers during the War, cementing its historical significance in the early Republic.
Apr 28, 2021
7 min
Salem’s great fire in 1914 marked the landscape of the city forever... but the economic elites and the working class experienced it quite differently.
Apr 19, 2021
12 min
In this episode Rebecca tells the story of the fish that saved a utopian society: cod. Salem may have been founded by religious idealists and gone on to become the Witch City, but it survived thanks to its cod fishery. And, as with all Salem stories, this one has several layers.
Apr 9, 2021
9 min