The Salem Witch Trials took place in the year 1692 in Salem, Massachussetts. The city had been colonized by the Puritans, a sect which, to make a long story short, believed that almost anything that...
The people were mainly women and young girls. There weren't that many famous people in that time in Salem Village. Maybe the book Tituba might say more about the hangings of accused and proven guilty...
In February of 1692 a group of teen girls in Salem were having fits when questioned by adults they named a circle of local people was witches or wizards. The main people they named were middle age...