All of his stories by his own accounts reverse some kind of historical truth. The facts are not exact, but there are some better than guessed details.
             3. Tobacco cost is on the rise and the crafty are looking for away to make a fast buck. Simple solution, sell tobacco, the problem is who works the fields, too hard for the wealthy; the poor can't afford to come to the New World. One such work program was the apprentice, usually called duty boys. The works in their category came by the name duty boys because they usually came after on the ships named duty. Their master paid the trip over where they were an apprentice for the first seven years then they became tenants for the next seven.
             4. According to tribe records, individuals possessed by the witches were often thrown into fits of hysteria. One such fit was labeled the are de cercle. This particular hysteria convulsion is when a bewitched subject would fall to the ground throw the head as far back as possible and arch the back with arms and hands curled inward. While in these fits the person would be in some deal of pain, shouting and complaining of choking on a lump in their throat. Some reports included great strength of the possessed that in which three of or four men could not hold down a simple child. The same kind of symptoms the are common in today's seizure victims.
             To believe these people were actually possessed is not very likely. To believe these young people in the presence of Tituba, an African American, were merely succumbing to the power of suggestion is a lot doing what was expected of them by their peers. The power of suggestion and a little acting made these between experiences all to real for early settlers.
             5. Francis Hutcheson was an 18th century philosopher that with Jefferson's permission attempted to quantify visible concepts like the age-old question, the meaning of life. He was a proponent of do good to others, and good will come on to...