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THERE WERE 25 TOTAL DEATHS BETWEEN 1692-1693
people were sentenced to death
SALEM WITCH TRIALS
THE
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people were prosecuted for witchcraft
100,000 50,000
and
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ast
19 were hanged for witchcraft1 pressed to death
5 died in prison while awaiting trial
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The great age of WITCH HUNTS in Europe and America
spanned roughly from 1400 TO 1775.
of the accused in 1692 were immediatefamily or extended kin of ministers.
29%
A substantial number of ministers and their relatives were accused of witchcraft. This pattern
of accusation suggests that the witchcraft crisis was in part a rebellion against the existing
religious and political leadership of Massachusetts Bay.
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30
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Ministers
Ministers’ wives
Ministers’ daughters
Son of a minister
Ministers’ brothers
Grandchildren of ministers
Extended family
BREAKDOWN OF THE 29%
From Russia to Bermuda, from Scotland to Brazil, witch hunts took place throughout the world.
of the hangedwere men
of the hangedwere womenwere informally
cried out on, but never charged
156were either formally denounced or charged with witchcraft
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