Over the summer of 1692, members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony became caught up
in a frenzy of superstition and scapegoating. From June through September, they sent 19
fellow residents to Gallows Hill for hanging. They pressed another man to death with
heavy stones. Others died in prison or languished there for months. The victims had all
been convicted of practicing witchcraft.
The hysteria began when pre-teen girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, began behaving
oddly. ........Click here to read more.....
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