<P> Mather prefaced the trials by saying he would recount them as a historian . One of the trials included was Martha Carrier's, who was "(t) he person of whom the confessions of the witches, and of her own children among the rest, agreed that the devil had promised her she should be Queen of the Hebrews ." Mather presented testimonies against Martha Carrier, all of which presumed her to be guilty . </P> <P> Mather presented himself as an unbiased informer to the reader . He received his information from court records . He did not present defenses against the testimonies given . </P> <P> Mather's background as a minister showed in his references to religion . Mather went into details on the traditional religious view of the Devil and witchcraft . </P> <P> Puritan colonists feared the perceived witches among themselves, "and the houses of the good people are filled with the doleful shrieks of their children and servants, tormented by invisible hands .". </P>

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