When the witch trials took place in 1692, the Puritans had only been in the new world for about 70 years. Some of the members of the town were second-generation Puritans who had to carve out a community from the dark, dense forest when they landed in the new world to escape persecution. The forest was dangerous and terrifying. Not only did the forest have “savage” Native Americans living in it, but it was thought to be the place where...
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