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The people executed in the Salem witch trials of 1692 were actually witches.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that the people executed in the Salem witch trials of 1692 were actually witches?

Unclear. The retrieved sources consistently describe the 1692 Salem executions as the result of accusations, spectral evidence and confessions, and one notes the colonial government later repudiated the trials as a delusion; none directly addresses whether the executed actually practiced witchcraft, so they only partially bear against the claim.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 0 sources for, 4 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 4
The Salem Witch Trials
2016
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The Salem Witch Trials. (2016). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.324

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Satan & Salem: the witch-hunt crisis of 1692
2015
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Satan & Salem: the witch-hunt crisis of 1692. (2015). search.ebscohost.com. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=981021

Tituba, reluctant witch of Salem : devilish Indians and Puritan fantasies
1996
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1932-, B. E. G. (1996). Tituba, reluctant witch of Salem : devilish Indians and Puritan fantasies. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/titubareluctantw0000bres

Death in Salem: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt
2010
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Death in Salem: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt. (2010). ebookcentral.proquest.com. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=32334174

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