The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts ... Salem Village—in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. (Salem Village is present-day Danvers, Massachusetts; colonial Salem Town became ...

Here’s how the Salem witch trials came about—and why what ... Like other cities within English-held Massachusetts Bay Colony, Salem was peopled by Puritan settlers. Their daily lives played ...

While Salem is the most infamous setting, witch hunts and trials existed throughout the Massachusetts Bay Colony and parts of what would later become Connecticut and Maine. Some pardons and ...

Not long after the conclusion of the Salem witch trials ... In 1702, the General Court of Massachusetts declared the trials unlawful. The colony passed a bill overturning the witchcraft ...

The voices behind the Salem ... trials that led to the executions of 20 people and the imprisonment of hundreds of others. Hill also discusses the fears of white settlers in the Massachusetts Bay ...

hundreds of people were accused of practicing witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Twenty of those accused witches were executed during what is now known as the Salem witch trials.