In Salem, at first it was only people who practiced medicine that were accused. However, eventually people who didn't go to church, didn't have the same faith, practiced medicine, and outcasts were also accused of witch craft. All of these factors contributed to making people look witches. However, it had to get worse before it got better. Accusations were everywhere one turned. If you didn't like your neighbor, you could simply accuse them of witch craft and then they would possibly be tried and killed within a few months. This turned out to be a big problem because towards the end, there were nearly 200 accused people in Salem and outlying towns. While most people were just held in prison, some were hung or burned while their hands and arms were tightly wrapped around a stake.
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| Both pictures show accused witches and the victims of them |
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