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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