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      • The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic —and 20 were executed. In 1711, colonial authorities pardoned some of the accused and compensated their families.
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  2. Sep 9, 2024 · The Salem witch trials (169293) were a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted ‘witches’ to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were part of a long story of witch hunts that began in Europe in the 14th century.

  3. Nov 4, 2011 · The first Salem witch trial takes place on June 2, and finds Bridget Bishop guilty of witchcraft. On June 10, she becomes the first person to be hanged in the infamous witch trials.

  4. 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, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).

  5. This timeline of the Salem witch trials is a quick overview of the events. Preceding the initial outbreak. 1688. The behavior of several children in the home of the Goodwin family in Boston results in the accusation, trial and execution of their Irish washerwoman, Ann Glover (also known as "Goody Glover"), for witchcraft. 1689.

  6. Jan 24, 2017 · The beginning of the Salem Witch Trials is historically set on January 9, 1692, when two young girls, Elizabeth Parris (9 years old) and Abigail Williams (11 years old), the daughter and niece of Samuel Parris, Minister of Salem Village respectively, began having fits.

  7. Oct 24, 2022 · The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic —and 20 were...

  8. Apr 13, 2021 · The Salem Witch Trials were a series of legal proceedings in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-1693 resulting in the deaths of 20 innocent people accused of witchcraft and the vilification of over 200 others...

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