1. Salem Witchcraft ( Grade:98)
... the public support. By October many judges believed that accusations claimed innocent lives. "It were better than 10 accused witches should escape than that one innocent person should be condemned" (Cotton Mather October 12 1692). By the end of 1692, 200 people were jailed. All was a result of spectral evidence. One was pressed to death, and all hang-ees were from Salem ... ...
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- Grade Level: High School
