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The Salem Witchcraft Trials
Lecture no. 6 from the course: The Great Trials of World History and the Lessons They Teach Us
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Taught by Professor Douglas O. Linder | 32 min | Categories: History
According to Professor Linder, the Salem witchcraft trials illustrate the danger of drawing conclusions ahead of evidence-and of dispensing with procedural rules that can save us from rushing to judgment. Gain a greater understanding of the legal basis for a travesty that accused hundreds of people of practicing witchcraft....
24 Lectures
1
The Trial of Socrates
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of 36 min
2
The Trial of Gaius Verres
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of 31 min
3
Three Medieval Trials
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of 31 min
4
The Trial of Sir Thomas More
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of 28 min
5
The Trial of Giordano Bruno
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of 29 min
6
The Salem Witchcraft Trials
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of 32 min
7
The Boston Massacre Trials
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of 29 min
8
The Aaron Burr Conspiracy Trial
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of 31 min
9
The Amistad Trials
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of 29 min
10
The Dakota Conflict Trials
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of 31 min
11
The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial
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of 31 min
12
The Trial of Louis Riel
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of 32 min
13
The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
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of 31 min
14
The Trial of Sheriff Joseph Shipp
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of 31 min
15
The Leopold and Loeb Trial
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of 30 min
16
The Scopes Monkey Trial
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of 31 min
17
The Trials of the "Scottsboro Boys"
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of 33 min
18
The Nuremberg Trials
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of 32 min
19
The Alger Hiss Trial
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of 31 min
20
The Rivonia (Nelson Mandela) Trial
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of 31 min
21
The Mississippi Burning Trial
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of 31 min
22
The Trial of the Chicago Eight
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of 32 min
23
The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial
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of 32 min
24
The O. J. Simpson Trial
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of 34 min
