Salem Witch Trials a brief history.
September 6th 2007 14:22
Between June and September 1692, nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraft and hung on Gallows Hill in Salem. One other man of over 80 years old, was killed by having heavy stones pressed onto him for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. Hundreds of other people were jailed and faced accusations of witchcraft without trial until the hysteria subsided.
At the time of the Salem Witch Trials, many people believed that the devil recruited witches and wizards to do his bidding. It was widely believed that anything that happened within "the invisible world", such as diseases and storms, were the work of satan and witches
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At the time of the Salem Witch Trials, many people believed that the devil recruited witches and wizards to do his bidding. It was widely believed that anything that happened within "the invisible world", such as diseases and storms, were the work of satan and witches
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