Parallels+to+the+Salem+Witch+trials+-+p5

=**Gunnar**= =**1692 in Salem, MA was a starting point for the witch hunts.**= =**Fear of witchcraft spread throughout the colony. The trials lasted for four months.**= =**Of the 150 people that were arrested, nineteen of them were hanged, one person was pressed to death and several people died in prison.**= =**Most people believed that witchcraft was the work of the devil.**= =**Fear spread through rumors during the Salem Witch Trials and also during the McCarthy hearings.**=

=**Works Cited**= =**Boraas, Tracey.The Salem Witch Trials.**= =**mankato ; cap tone pres**\**]**=