1. salem witch trials
Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witchcraft trials in Massachusetts during 1692 resulted in nineteen innocent men and women being hanged, one man pressed to death, and in the deaths of more than seventeen who died in jail. ... Local Salem officials examined each of these three women before they were sent off to await trial in a Boston jail. ... After Tituba's confession, the entire community of Salem increased their efforts to find the witches who were bringing such horrible events to their village. ... From this point on, after Ann Putnam's accusation, the females of Salem showed no h...
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