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See in The Bible it actually talks about witches, and of course in England (17th, 18th, 19th centuries) they were strong believers in the church. Most people were un-educated and fearful, so they just decided to follow the bible's teachings blindly. This spread into the early colonies, and people again followed the bible blindly and as you know the Salem Witch Trials happened.

In short, the people who were afraid of witches were the un-educated and those easily fooled.

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