The Salem Witch Trials
The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identified as Mary Walcott, one of the "afflicted" girls called as a witness at the Salem Witch Trials in 1692-93.
A young woman (presumably Mary Walcott) writhes on the floor as a judge and an unruly crowd look on.
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