... country among other reasons, one girls illness captured the superstitions of an entire town and launched a puritan inquisition that resulted in one the largest and most notorious witch hunts in American history. In 1672 Salem Village, a small farming village split from Salem Town, a prosperous town in Massachusetts. This caused a divide between the villagers, some supporting the split and some opposing it ... husband John Indian. The slave couple was originally from Barbados. Tituba would fill Paris" daughter Elisabeth "Betty" Paris, her cousin Abigail Williams, and several other girls ...

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• Grade Level: High School