The Salem Trials and the American Experience (Pivotal Moments in American History)
by Emerson W. Baker
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appears in American History, History, and Nonfiction.
Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagersmainly young womensuffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Beli...
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