Salem witch trials - Wikipedia
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OverviewTimelineBackgroundLegal proceduresPrimary sources and early discussionAftermath and closureIn literature, media and popular cultureMedical theories about the reported afflictionsIn Salem Village in February 1692, Betty Parris (age 9) and her cousin Abigail Williams (age 11), the daughter and the niece, respectively, of Reverend Samuel Parris, began to have fits described as "beyond the power of epileptic fits or natural disease to effect" by John Hale, the minister of the nearby town of Beverly. The girls screamed, threw things about the room, uttered strange sounds, cr…
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