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Salem Witch Trials

Superstition and witchcraft resulted in many being hanged or
in prison. In the seventeenth century, a belief in witches and
witchcraft was almost universal. In Salem Massachusetts where the
witch trials take place many people who are suspicious is accused of
witchcraft and hanged. Arthur Miller wrote a play called The Crucible.
It is based on the Salem witch trials. The Salem witch trials change
many peoples lives and even led to death for some. The power of
superstition and hearsay can distort from the truth.

Four ministers of Salem joined Matther, and they spent a whole
day in the house of the afflicted in fasting and prayer. The result
of which was the delivery of one of the family from the power of the
witch. A niece and daughter of the parish minister at Danvers were
first afflicted. Their actions frightened other young people, who soon
showed the same symptoms, such as loss of appetite and sickness.......

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