In this essay I am going to write about the Salem witch trials of 1962. These trials took place in Salem Village which was a small, farming community with a population of 550. It was smaller than Salem Town, and about eight miles away. Salem Town was a large port, and was a prosperous fishing community The two towns had the same minister, and used the same church as the people in Salem Village. The Reverend Parris …showed first 75 words of 627 total…

…showed last 75 words of 627 total…ended September 22, 1693. That was also the day that the last eight people were killed. By the end of the trials, two hundred people, and two dogs had been accused. Nineteen people and the two dogs were killed. The rest were in jail. So, all in all the Salem witch trials were pretty much a joke, There never where any witches it was just greedy white men with land trying to weed out their disliked neighbors.