The crimes and punishments in Colonial Massachusetts not only reflect the societies morality but an embedded commitment to God. ... The Puritans believed that if one member of their group suffered guilt, then the whole group must suffer along with that person or persons. ... Generally adulterers were forced to wear the letter A sewed on their clothes and counterfeiters wore the letter C (Hemlines 140). ... Under the Puritan belief a witch was a person who had " familiar spirit- or consulted with one, and was then in direct communication with the devil and bound by script to carry out his ...

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