With no other recourse, the doctor grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! This was a serious accusation for the devoutly Puritan community. The physician tried many remedies, but nothing alleviated the symptoms. In the small colonial settlement of Salem Village, Massachusetts, Betty and Abigail relatives of the Reverend Parris began to twitch and contort their bodies into perplexing shapes. Let the witch hunts begin, because only when the Village was rid of these witches would two girls freed from their enchantment. In the Puritan settlement of Salem Village, two young girls were bewitched suffering from uncontrollable bouts of physical contortions. Genre: Law, Non-fiction (Subgenres: Historical Non-Fiction, Religious Non-fiction), TragedyĪR Interest Level: Middle Grades (MG 4-8) Title: Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
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