The Puritans had no idea what number to believe there was. It just kept going up and up. It started at three. Then it went to 9. Then in the forties. Then into the hundreds.
We now know that there were no witches in Salem.
There is no exact, perfect number for this statistic, but there were somewhere between 150 and 200 people formally accused. There is no way to count the number of people who were accused and never arrested.
104 people were accused of creating witch craft in the town of Salem.
The Salem witchcraft trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. 140 were accused, 20 were killed.
I'm going to assume you mean Salem, Massachusetts 1692.
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The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft- the Devil's magic- and 20 were executed.
Many were accused of witchcraft due to their iniquitous behavior and tension in the villages. These accusations led to the Salem witch trials and executions of twenty people between February 1692 and May 1693.
The Salem witchcraft trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. 140 were accused, 20 were killed.
Sarah good, Sarah osburne and tituba were accused or witchcraft in Salem.
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Between June and September, in 1692, in Salem Mass, 19 people were hung on the charge of Witchcraft. They were accused of Witchcraft. They were not the ones that did the accusing. Giles Corey was pressed death by stones for not pleading guilty to the charge of Witchcraft. Other people died while imprisoned.
i think you mean 1692, the three women, Sarah good, Sarah osburne and tituba were accused of witchcraft in Salem.
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I'm going to assume you mean Salem, Massachusetts 1692.
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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials, the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in a variety of towns across the province: Salem Village (now Danvers), Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town.