1. Salem Witch Trials
... that they would be the next person to become a possessed victim of their mysterious black magic. The villagers went from the four-year-old girl to seventy-one-year-old Rebecca Nurse followed by forty-seven-year-old Elizabeth Proctor. Both of these women who were from very wealthy, prosperous homes, were imprisoned because people thought ... Rebecca Nurse's mother and Proctor's grandmother practiced black magic when they were alive. At this point, anyone who was a family member of an accused witch was most likely to wind up ... court bothered to think that the witnesses could be lying ...
- Word Count: 2567
- Approx Pages: 10
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School