Do You Capitalize Salem Witch Trials?

Going off this, the Salem Witch Trial is a special and historic event and should be capitalized. However, if you're discussing the witch trials that occurred in Salem, then "witch trials" becomes a common noun, so not capitalized.

Were the Salem witch trials the last witch trials?

The Salem witchcraft trial of 1878, also known as the Ipswich witchcraft trial and the second Salem witch trial, was an American civil case held in May 1878 in Salem, Massachusetts, in which Lucretia L. S. ... By 1918, it was considered the last witchcraft trial held in the United States.

What is a quote from the Salem witch trials?

“When change cometh, she will bring peace at her back. She will not bend to your will; you must bend to hers.” “If I do not do this thing, then it may go on and on. Nothing of the greater good comes without struggle and sacrifice in equal measure, be you man or woman, and in this way are we freed from tyranny.”

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