If a person was said to consort with the devil, the people of the congregation would not want to take the risk of loosing God's good graces by interacting with them. It was this selfish attitude that caused the townspeople to shun the accused, and sentence them to death, turning the entire community against itself. People started to realize that anyone charged with following Lucifer was found guilty, and accusations became extremely common. ... At the first mention of witchcraft, Salem's Reverend Parris sent for Reverend Hale of Beverly, because he had experience dealing with witc...

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