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In the year of 1692, a massive wave of hysteria swept across Salem Village. For the better course of a year, the church examined cases of strange behavior and witchcraft. The Puritans believed that the Devil had come into Salem with the intention to destroy it. While in Salem, He was building his ranks of witches, plaguing the land. After one witch admitted to practicing magick, accusations of witchcraft spread like wildfire. In Salem, witchcraft was a major felony. A court was established to try the cases and worked for five months to clear the devil from Salem. Over twenty innocent people died in the trials, only one of which was a true witch. The trials were not only a crude act, but also illegitimate and morally wrong.
The trials in Salem Village were illegitimate because they were not eliminating witches, but only innocent people. They were looking for what they believed to be a witch. Webmaster for the Salem Wax Museum, Anatole Mazour explains how in......

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