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| Date | June 1692 - May 1693 |
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| Location | Massachusetts • Salem • United States |
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- Children were also accused of witchcraft.
- No one was burned at the stake in the Salem witch trials.
- To identify witches, authorities used the "touching test", in which victims of witchcraft would become calm upon touching the culprit.
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