WEBIt was the deadliest witch hunt in the history of colonial North America. Fourteen other women and two men were executed in Massachusetts and Connecticut during the 18th century. The episode is one of colonial America's most notorious cases of mass hysteria.
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Salem Witch Trials - Events, Facts & Victims | HISTORY
WEBNov 4, 2011 · The infamous Salem witch trials were a series of prosecutions for witchcraft starting in 1692 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. Learn about what led to the allegations and the hundreds of people...
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Salem witch trials | History, Summary, Location, Causes, Victims
WEBMar 29, 2024 · The Salem witch trials (1692–93) were a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted ‘witches’ to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were part of a long story of witch hunts that began in Europe in the 14th century.
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A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBOct 24, 2022 · The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic —and 20 were executed. In...
WEBApr 13, 2021 · The Salem Witch Trials were a series of legal proceedings in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-1693 resulting in the deaths of 20 innocent people accused of witchcraft and the vilification of over 200 others based, initially, on the reports of young girls who claimed to have been harmed by the spells of certain women they accused of …
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11 Facts About the Salem Witch Trials - Mental Floss
WEBAug 27, 2023 · 11 Facts About the Salem Witch Trials. The 1692 Salem witch trials caused so much turmoil that the Massachusetts town is still synonymous with them. By Nayanika Guha | Aug 27, 2023, 4:56 AM...
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Salem Witch Trials Of 1692 | Landmarks, Events, & More
WEBHistorians and sociologists have examined this most complex episode in our history so that we may understand the issues of that era and view subsequent events with heightened awareness. The parallels between the Salem Witch Trials and more modem examples of “witch hunting” like the McCarthy hearings of the 1950’s, are remarkable.
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Salem witch trials - Hysteria, Accusations, Executions
WEBThe Salem trials and the witch hunt as metaphors for the persecution of minority groups remained powerful symbols into the 20th and 21st centuries, owing in no small measure to playwright Arthur Miller’s use in The Crucible (1953) of the events and individuals from 1692 as allegorical stand-ins for the anticommunist hearing led by Sen. Joseph ...
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The Salem Witch Trials According to the Historical Records
WEBThere were reasons why it was credible that there could be witches in Salem Village,” says historian Margo Burns, the associate editor of Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt. Burns examines the witch trials through original-source documents in “The Capital Crime of Witchcraft: What the Primary Sources Tell Us,” a presentation sponsored by the ...
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Salem Witch Trials: Who Were the Main Accusers? | HISTORY
WEBSep 27, 2021 · At the center of the Salem witch trials were a core group of accusers, all girls and young women ranging in age from nine to 20, who screamed, writhed, barked and displayed other horrifying...