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Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials
In a town called Salem, Massachusetts, many people were accused of being a witch and conjering the devil with spirits. When John Hale examined them, they were said to be "beyond the power of Epileptic fils or natural disease to effect". Girls were screaming, throwing things, uttering strange sounds and contorting themselves into peculiar positions. The devil was "suggested" when the girls would cover their
ears while the preacher was preaching and praying for them.
In 1692, the first person was accused. Reverend Parris' daugther, niece
and others began accusing people for the simple fact that they either didn't think something was possible, it didn't have an explantion, or to get back as someone. Once people started to hear about what was goin on, they started to accuse people as well. The woods were then off-limits because people were "conjering the devil," and anyone who was caught there was immediately
accused.
On January 20th, 1692, nine year-old......


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