How Many Convicted Witches Were Hanged?
Salem Witch Trials, (June 1692–May 1693), in American History, a Series of Investigations and Persecutions That Caused 19 Convicted “Witches” to Be Hanged and...
Salem witch trials, (June 1692–May 1693), in American history, a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted “witches” to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Danvers, Massachusetts).
How many witches were hanged after the witch trials?
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than two hundred people were accused. Thirty were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).
How many witches died in the trials?
The Salem witch trials followed in 1692–93, culminating in the executions of 20 people.
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