Welcome to Witchtober Pt. 5: Abigail Williams
Image from "The history of witches and wizards : giving a true account of all their tryals in England, Scotland, Sweedland, France and New England : with their confession and condemnation" by W.P., 1760. Abigail Williams, niece of Samuel Parris’ was born in 1680, and...
Welcome to Witchtober Pt. 4: Tituba
Image from "The history of witches and wizards : giving a true account of all their tryals in England, Scotland, Sweedland, France and New England : with their confession and condemnation" by W.P., 1760. Tituba was born in South America where she was captured and sold...
Welcome to Witchtober Pt. 3: Samuel Parris
Image from "A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials" by M.V.B. Perley, 1911. Born in England in 1653, Samuel Parris moved with his family to Barbados and later to Boston, where he attended Harvard. Samuel became the pastor of Salem in 1689, and soon...
Welcome to Witchtober Pt. 2: Accusations of Witchcraft
Image from Witchcraft in Salem Village 1692 by Winfield S. Nevins, 1892. Accusations of witchcraft started in Salem after some young girls began reporting fits, fever, and strange behavior. Rev. Samuel Parris, father to one afflicted girl, and uncle to another, sought...
Welcome to Witchtober!
Image from "A Short History of the Salem Village Witchcraft Trials" by M.V.B. Perley, 1911. Get ready for our favorite month! This October, we'll introduce you to the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and some of the people involved. To this day, historians do not agree on a...
The Duel in History: Laws, “Codes,” and Censure
On display for the 2019 fall semester is a baker’s dozen of rare books from the Law Library’s extensive and growing collection of works on the legal history of dueling. The selections, which include works from the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, shed light on...
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, observed every October, is a collaboration between government and industry to raise awareness that cybersecurity impacts everyone. This year, it emphasizes personal accountability and stresses taking steps to improve...
Art Crime
The GW Law Library's current display concerns art and cultural property crime, which includes antiquities theft, art theft, and art fraud. Such crime is the third highest-grossing annual criminal trade worldwide and is run primarily by organized crime syndicates to...
We the People – Constitution Day, September 17
The Constitutional Convention was initially convened by the Congress of the Confederation in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation. Under the Articles, the new government had quickly come to a stalemate between the northern states and those in the south. The...
Freedom of Information Day
Freedom of Information Day, celebrated annually on March 16, promotes public access to government information and the public’s right to know. Held during Sunshine Week, the day also celebrates the birth of our fourth President, James Madison (1751-1836). Madison is...
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