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Were all the people hung during the Witch Trials women?

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A. Cook, English Professor, M.A, Ph.D, Kentucky

Answered Mar 11, 2019

The Salem Witch Trials were very brutal witch trials. Women were not the only ones who were executed. Men, children, and even dogs were also hung. Most of the people hanged in the trials were landowners. The most horrifying case in which a man was accused of witchcraft was named, Giles Corey.

The Salem Witch Trials were very brutal witch trials. Women were not the only ones who were
He was an eighty-one-year-old man who refused to forfeit his estate to the government. Corey had spoken out in support of his wife, Martha when she was accused of witchcraft. He died three days before his wife’s execution. For the most part, the men in the village were involved in blaming, trying, and convicting.

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