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Salem witch trials

Handwritten April 21, 1692 warrant ordering the arrest of nine people accused of witchcraft.

Salem, 1692: When Accusation Became a Death Warrant

Through warrants, examinations and prison petitions, follow how the Salem accusations became a judicial system that punished denial and multiplied its own evidence.

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