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Salem Witch Trials

Series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts

  • Dated February 1692 CE – May 1693 CE
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What this means

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  1. Danvers ↗ town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Salem ↗ city in Massachusetts, United States
  3. Ipswich ↗ town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Andover ↗ town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Province of Massachusetts Bay ↗ former colony in North America, part of Great Britain

Nearby

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What this means

Computed from coordinates, not stated by any source. Nearness is geometry, not a connection: two sites a kilometre apart may never have shared a worshipper, a tradition or a century. Where either coordinate is recorded only to a district, the distance is rounded and says “about”.

Computed See African Meeting House and its neighbours on the atlas

Sources

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