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| Preface | |
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| Witchcraft in Early North America: An Introduction | |
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| Beliefs: Europeans | |
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| Beliefs: West and West-Central Africans | |
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| Beliefs: Native Americans | |
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| Colonization, Witchcraft, and Resistance | |
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| New Mexico | |
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| New France | |
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| British North America | |
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| Africans and Their Descendants in North America | |
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| Outbreaks: Putting Salem in Context | |
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| Confession | |
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| Possession | |
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| Prophets and Witch Hunts in the-New United States | |
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| Skepticism | |
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| Notes | |
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| Primary Documents | |
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| First Impressions | |
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| Fray Benavides Sees Wizards, Sorcerers, and the Demon in New Mexico, 1625-1627 | |
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| Making Sense of the Sickness in Huron Country, 1636-1637: Who's a Witch? | |
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| The Execution of Isaac Jogues, 1646 | |
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| Resistance and the Devil | |
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| Andr�s P�rez de Ribas Explains the Origins of the Tepehuan Revolt, 1616 | |
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| Witchcraft, Sorcery, and the Pueblo Revolt, 1680-1681 | |
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| English Witch Beliefs Cross the Atlantic | |
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| The English Act against Conjuration, 1604 | |
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| The Law of the Colony of Connecticut, 1642 | |
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| The Case of Goodwife Wright, Virginia, 1626 | |
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| The Execution of Mary Lee en route to Maryland, 1654 | |
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| The Case of Grace Sherwood, Virginia, 1706 | |
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| Governor Kaine Pardons Grace Sherwood, 2006 | |
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| New Worlds | |
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| A Case of Witchcraft in New Mexico, 1708 | |
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| Willem Bosman Explains the Ritual Use of Poison in Guinea, 1704 | |
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| South Carolina Strengthens Its Laws against Poisoning and Slave Doctors, 1740, 1751 | |
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| Items about Poisoning from the South Carolina Gazette, 1749, 1769 | |
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| Poison at Monticello, 1800 | |
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| Two Cases of Possession | |
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| The Possession of Elizabeth Knapp, Massachusetts, 1671-1672 | |
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| Possession at Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1763-1764 | |
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| Outbreaks | |
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| The Examinations of Tituba and Sarah Good, Salem, March 1, 1692 | |
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| Nathaniel Cary's Account of His Wife's Examination, May 1692 | |
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| The Examination of Candy, July 4, 1692 | |
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| The Petition of John Proctor, July 23, 1692 | |
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| The Examination of Mary Toothaker, July 30, 1692 | |
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| The Examinations of Abigail Faulkner, August 1692 | |
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| Thomas Brattle's Skepticism, 1692 | |
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| Ann Putnam's Confession, 1706 | |
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| The Code of Handsome Lake | |
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| The Code of the Shawnee Prophet, circa 1812 | |
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| The Witch Hunt at the White River Mission, 1806 | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |