The Frenzy of Salem Witch Trials
Over the summer of 1692, members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony became trapped 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.
Written for
- Institution
- University Of California - Los Angeles
- Course
- History
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- Uploaded on
- September 21, 2021
- Number of pages
- 3
- Written in
- 2020/2021
- Type
- ESSAY
- Professor(s)
- Unknown
- Grade
- A
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trials
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witch
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salem
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frenzy
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massachusetts bay colony
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witchcraft