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please ignore the inital dates of this item (the rest are correct), i just know that 1692 was the year of the "witchcraft hyteria"
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Betty Paris, Ann Putnim, and others fell into fits at church.
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These people were the first three to be accused of witchcraft. Titube was a slave from the island of Barbados. Sarah Good smoked a pipe and had a temper. Sarah Osbourne did not attend church. All were reasons that the towns people believed they were witches.
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John was the first man to be accused of witchcraft.
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The afflicted girls may now testify to seeing invisible people, such as the devil, and often the girls claimed such ones were in the room during a trial to prove one's guilt.
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Bridget was hanged for witchcraft. She was the first person to be hanged in response to the "witchcraft hysteria."
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These people were hanged for witchcraft
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These people were hanged for witchcraft.
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Giles Corey was pressed to death for refusing to stand trial after accusing his wife of witchcraft.
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These people were hanged for witchcraft.
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This was in reaction to the accusation of the governer's wife. At this point, many start dobouting the "afflicted" girls. Because they have no better evidence, the accusations soon ended.
