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Barbara Powers: Witch Or Myth? The Last Case Of Witchcraft In South Carolina, Brandon Smith, Bobbie Jo Wimberly, Courtney Mcdonald Jan 2021

Barbara Powers: Witch Or Myth? The Last Case Of Witchcraft In South Carolina, Brandon Smith, Bobbie Jo Wimberly, Courtney Mcdonald

University of South Carolina Upstate Student Research Journal

Was an elderly woman from the upstate of South Carolina the last to be accused of and put on trial for witchcraft in the United States? In this paper, we investigate claims from an old letter sent to the president of South Carolina College to determine whether or not Barbara Powers was truly accused of witchcraft during a criminal trial. After thoroughly investigating census data, court records, marriage records, and other historical data in the named counties and those surrounding them, we were unable to determine conclusively if the trial was real or fabricated. Despite not knowing if the case …


Review Of Ben Nobbs-Thiessen, Landscape Of Migration: Mobility And Environmental Change On Bolivia's Tropical Frontier, 1952 To The Present, Rebecca Janzen Jan 2021

Review Of Ben Nobbs-Thiessen, Landscape Of Migration: Mobility And Environmental Change On Bolivia's Tropical Frontier, 1952 To The Present, Rebecca Janzen

Faculty Publications

Ben Nobbs-Thiessen, Landscape of Migration: Mobility and Environmental Change on Bolivia's Tropical Frontier, 1952 to the Present. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2020. Pp. 342. Softcover, $37.50 USD.


Review Of Gómez Unamuno, Aurelia. Entre Fuego, Memoria Y Violencia De Estado: Los Textos Literarios Y Testimoniales Del Movimiento Armado En México. A Contracorriente, 2020. 578 Pp., Rebecca Janzen Jan 2021

Review Of Gómez Unamuno, Aurelia. Entre Fuego, Memoria Y Violencia De Estado: Los Textos Literarios Y Testimoniales Del Movimiento Armado En México. A Contracorriente, 2020. 578 Pp., Rebecca Janzen

Faculty Publications

Gómez Unamuno, Aurelia. Entre fuego, memoria y violencia de Estado: los textos literarios y testimoniales del movimiento armado en México. A Contracorriente, 2020. 578 pp.