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Salem witch trials(May–October 1692) American colonial persecutions for witchcraft. In the town of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, several young girls, stimulated by supernatural tales told by a West Indian slave, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused three women of witchcraft. Under pressure, the accused women named others in false confessions. Encouraged by the clergy, a special civil court was convened with three judges, including Samuel Sewall, to conduct the trials. They resulted in the conviction and hanging of 19 “witches” and the imprisonment of nearly 150 others. As public zeal abated, the trials were stopped and then condemned. The colonial legislature later annulled the convictions. |
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| A Witch In The Family by Stephen Hawley Martin (two time winner of the Writer's Digest Book Award for Fiction) is more than a historical examination of the Salem witch trials and executions, and case studies of accused witches. Massachusetts has not fallen into the sea, the Salem witch trials have not reconvened, the Boston Strangler has not gone gay. ``The Crucible,'' Arthur Miller's play about the dramatic events surrounding the Salem witch trials of 1692 with parallels to 1950s McCarthyism, will open tonight at the Repertory East Playhouse on San Fernando Road in the Newhall arts district. |
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