The revolutionary roots of satanic panic still invoked in American politics - The Washington Post

…How the devil looked was important. And in colonial and revolutionary era America, the devil was often portrayed as a Black man. Illustrations of the devil in Cotton Mather's account of the Salem Witch Trials and Paul Revere's prints alike both showed the devil with Black skin. Such depictions played into the racism and fear of slave revolt that undergirded much of the revolution. It also made it clear that the devil's use in revolutionary popular culture was about more than religious culture. The use of black devils in prints and effigies evoked a manufactured fear of Black people that White Americans used for political purposes before, during and after the revolution…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/08/05/revolutionary-roots-satanic-panic-still-invoked-american-politics/