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The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Legal History by Peter Charles Hoffer Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 1997 ISBN-10: 0-7006-0859-1 / 0700608591 ISBN-13: 978-0-7006-0859-1 / 9780700608591 In late seventeenth-century New England, the eternal battle between God and Satan was brought into the courtroom. Between January 1692 and May 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, neighbors turned against neighbors and children against parents with accusations of witchcraft, and nineteen people were hanged |