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14 women and 6 men were executed - then the hangings began

In 1692, a wave of fear and paranoia swept through Salem, Massachusetts, leading to one of the most infamous witch hunts in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials

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, ...
WRAL

Salem’s witches were pardoned, but Britain’s weren’t. There’s now a movement to change that

(CNN) — While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws ...