The Salem Witch Trials

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The Afflicted

Have you ever wondered what, or who started the witch-hunt?  Just three young girls started everything, and managed to have people kill and imprison 150 people in one year. 

Three little girls one day were bored, and decided to pull a nasty prank on some people.  When they started screaming, and having fake seizures, people pointed fingers at their maid Tituba.  She showed them magic, and now people believed that the girls were possessed.  Tituba was sent to jail until death, and that made people question others, and eventually many people were accused of being things they were not.  The girls could have fessed up, but they were too scared, because they would go to jail or be hanged.  The secret was to be held within the girls circle, and no one else would know.

The Three Girls

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Here are the three girls who started the witch-hunt.

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