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which is something limited to their area and which had not spread to Boston, I'm sure they were easily shown how flimsy the evicence had been, were thoroughly ashamed of themselves, and did lose faith in any of the men who had made political hay out of the witch hysteria.

No accused witches were burned in Salem. Several were hanged, several died in prison awaiting trial, and one man was crushed to death under heavy stones in an attempt to get a confession out of him.