THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS WERE A SERIES OF HEARINGS AND PROSECUTIONS OF PEOPLE ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT

IN COLONIAL MASSACHUSETTS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1692 AND MAY 1693. MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WERE ACCUSED, NINETEEN OF WHICH WERE FOUND GUILTY AND EXECUTED BY HANGING (FOURTEEN WOMEN AND FIVE MEN), AND AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE DIED IN JAIL. IT WAS THE DEADLIEST WITCH HUNT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE EVENTS, YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS SPEAKER JERRI MC COY AT THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2018 MEETING.

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