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One of the most devastating events in American history was the Salem Witchcraft Trials. Due to a few hysterical girls' accusations and the fear of a village, twenty people were executed and hundreds were put in jail. Now the question still as ....

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... lives were devoted to working, and the children were usually very bored. If a little girl was caught playing with a doll, she was to be sent to the minister for a long talking-to, since even dolls were considered to play a part in witchery. Many people believed that witchcraft was the use of magic powers, generally to harm people or to damage their property. A witch they thought was a person who believed to have received such powers from evil spirits, such as the devil. Many people believed in witches because more than half the people in the world assumed it was true. People were certain that witches could harm their victims in var ...