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Q: What where some reasons for the witch hunts?
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What are some examples of modern day witch hunts?

There are witch hunts in part of Sub-Saharan Africa. India is another place that still practices witch hunts. In 2010, India had an 150 and 200 women killed during witch hunts.


What were some of the causes of witch hunts?

Innocent people are accused


Are there witch hunts now?

There are actual witch hunts going on today in some parts of the world, though the people of the rest of the world know better than to hunt for actual witches. There are things metaphorically called witch hunts going on today in parts of the world where people know better than to hunt for actual witches. Sometimes the things metaphorically called witch hunts are worse. There is a link to an article on witch hunts below.


Describe some international incidents that could be considered witch-hunts?

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Does witch hunt still exist?

Year 2009: Still in some parts of the world, [for an example in India and Pakistan], there are Witch Hunts reported.


Why did the witch hunts take place?

In Plilibelpia!


What is a witch finder?

a person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.


What is the origin of the phrase 'witch hunt'?

Witch hunt actually originates from with hunts in past centuries. From 1480 to 1750 is considered the classical period of witch hunts. The last executions happened in the 18th century.


Who started the 1892 witch hunts?

Do you mean 1692?


How is witch hunts dangerous?

You own a very valuable piece of land on the seashore. It has been in your family for many years and you do not wish to sell that land. A rich neighbor wants that land and the only way to get it is if you are not there anymore. He tells the local authorities he suspects you are a witch. He gets some of his friends to tell others that you are a witch. During a witch hunt, anyone and everyone are targets for many reasons.


How were some ways to identify a witch in the Salem witchcraft trials?

Unlike most European witch hunts, the Salem panic did not convict the stereotypical witch evey time. In Europe, witch hunts began when someone died unexpectedaly or something close to that happened and a person who fit the traditional view of a witch was blamed and executed. In Salem, the girls called out on people that cannot all be connected by one trait.


Where were witch hunts held in colonial America?

Salem, Massachusetts