A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse

Historian Daniel A. Gagnon will discuss his biography of Salem Witch Trials victim Rebecca Nurse, A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse (2021). In this presentation on one of the most infamous events in American history, Gagnon will discuss 17th-Century Salem, Nurse's role in the events of 1692, and challenge previous interpretations of the 1692 Salem Village Witch-Hunt. Daniel A. Gagnon is the author of A Salem Witch (2021). He is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, serves on the Board of Directors of the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum in Danvers, Mass., and has shared his research on the 1692 Salem Village Witch-Hunt through many in-person and online programs, including C-SPAN’s television program American History TV.