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in 1702 the general court of Massachusetts overturned the convictions for witchcraft and in 1711 they granted compensation to the relatives of the victims bringing the whole sorry episode ot an end
Governor William Phips of Massachusetts called an end to the trials at the advice of Increase Mather and because of a spike in ludicrious accusations, including that of his wife.
The Salem Witch Trials happened in the town of Salem, in the Massachusetts colony (now a state) in 1692. This was a Puritan Settlement (Massachusetts).