... Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum argue that the Salem witchcraft hysteria was caused by economic and social tension that emerged from commercial capitalism, conflicts between ministers and congregations, and loss of family land which divided the residents of Salem town and Salem village. The first three women accused of witchcrafts were lower class outcasts, but in March of 1692 a new pattern of ... the government, and many more upper class residents in and around New England. The geographic patterns also bring to light more interesting facts. It seems as if the village was split into two h...

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