Salem Witch Trials Of 1692
There are very few people who have not heard of Salem and the infamous witch trials that were held there in 1692. These trials cost twenty people their lives, they were executed, while another two hundred were imprisoned, and five of those people died as well. What started it all anyway, was it just the Puritans dealing with a witch kick hysteria? Did they use less desirable, or perhaps too desirable of people as scapegoats for their own failings? To be fair and not be guilty of the same crimes as the Puritans were in 1692, we will look at their beliefs in an effort to understand.
