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Mundane Evil: An Overview of Witches and Puritans in 1630s New England

Mundane Evil: An Overview of Witches and Puritans in 1630s New England

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By Malcolm Gaskill | November 1, 2022

How Bearing Witness to Nature Helped Me Delve Into History

How Bearing Witness to Nature Helped Me Delve Into History

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Finding Black Queer Life Between the Lines of History

Finding Black Queer Life Between the Lines of History

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Out of the Shadows: On the Forgotten Mothers of the Occult

Out of the Shadows: On the Forgotten Mothers of the Occult

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How Ted Kennedy Became a Great Man When He Was Most Distanced From the U.S. Presidency

How Ted Kennedy Became a Great Man When He Was Most Distanced From the U.S. Presidency

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The Chinese Question: Gold Rushes, Migration, and the Global Politics and Economics of Race

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How The Renaissance Was Defined and Re-Defined

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