Witch hunts ended because rare good sense took over.
Religious persecution in any and all of its forms is wrong. No single group has the absolute line on the truth. Although most people tend to believe theirs is the right path, it is only when we pass to the other side that we find out just how right or wrong we were. My personal statement is that "I" never did witch hunts to begin with so I never stopped. I realize I'm being sarcastic in this statement but it's the honest truth as far as I can see it.
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.
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.
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a person employed to carry out witch-hunts and identify witches.
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.
Do you mean 1692?
Salem, Massachusetts
Innocent people are accused
Old Salem, Massachussetts.
No, there wasn't.
The Salem witch hunts happened in the English colony of Massachusetts, in what is now the USA.
There have been many different witch hunts but the most commonly known one was from about 1480 to 1700.