Early American History: The Salem Witch Trials

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The Salem Witch Trials In Salem, Massachusetts there was a bantam village where about five hundred people lived. Most of them were Puritans. The village had very strict laws, especially about their religion. If you even missed a day of church you were to be questioned. The people in the village also had lots of fears. Their biggest fear was the work of Satan, this includes witchery. If you were suspected or accused of witchery you were put in jail, or you would have been hung. It was in 1692 in early January when the seeds of hysteria started to grow. The burgeoning females were acting very strange. The two girls were twisting their bodies in bizarre positions and screaming uncontrollably. The two girls names were Betty Parris and Abigail

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