Journey Through Time

39. What Started The Salem Witch Hunt? (Ep 1)


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What were the Salem Witch Trials that resulted in the deaths of more than 20 innocent people? Why was this puritan community in New England so vulnerable to being gripped by a violent witch hunt? What were the crimes of Tituba, the first woman accused of witchcraft?


Join David Olusoga and Sarah Churchwell on the first of their three part series discussing the Salem Witch Trials. 


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