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Witchcraft (Salem)-Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, 19 of whom were executed by hanging (14 women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea, and at least five people died in jail. Arrests were made in numerous towns beyond Salem and Salem Village (known today as Danvers), notably Andover and Topsfield. The grand juries and trials for this capital crime were conducted by a Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 and by a Superior Court of Judicature in 1693, both held in Salem Town, where the hangings also took place. It was the deadliest witch hunt in the history of colonial North America. Only fourteen other women and two men had been executed in Massachusetts and Connecticut during the 17th century.
| Date | 1692 |
| File name | Witchcraft (Salem)-Trials.jpg |
| File Size | 33.27k |
| Dimensions | 340 x 249 |
| Linked to | Martha Ingalls Allen (Witchcraft Accusation); Martha Ingalls Allen; Susannah North (Witchcraft Accusation); Susannah North; Sarah Solart (Witchcraft Accusation); Sarah Solart |
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