The Salem Witch Trials

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The horrible trials started in 1692, and ended in 1693. By the end of the trials thirty-five women and thirteen men had been accused by their neighbors. they were accused because the men wanted to keep them in their control, because some women were becoming too independent. Griggs, Salem Village's doctor, was the first to say that the afflicted girls were bewitched. Abigail also started having fits, and instead of getting into trouble, they became popular and respected. A few days later, the other girls let her out. Nineteen people and the two dogs were killed.

Some reasons people were accused were politics, land disputes, or revenge for a slight injury. One way of convicting someone was called spectral evidence. Tituba confessed, and was sent to jail. Most of the accused were independant single women. Tituba was a slave, and was accused, because she was unimportant.

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