Did Witches Really Habit Salem? Were This Only Fake Accusations?

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Since ancient times, humanity has been trying to find an explanation for the unnatural things that happen in the world. The best explanation they have been able to find is magic. Superstition has always been the excellent explanation for all the unknown things that man cannot explain. But obviously there must be a way to explain the so-called magic, and that’s how the term “witch” was born. Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, where the hunt started, in this town many families were destroyed because innocent people was accused of having “abnormal powers” or “pacts with the devil”. With these fake suspicions, the famous trials in Salem started. The distraction used in order to cover the critical situation that was happening in that moment were the trials. By that time, half of the population wanted to get their independence, and the other half wanted to remain a part of Salem town. The ones who wanted to separate from Salem were mainly farmers, and the ones that wanted to continue being part of Salem were families who depended the harbors. My theory is that there were not any witches in Salem, and the population was victim of political situations, religious matters and social restrictions.
Religion controlled the ideas and way of living of Salem Town. The Puritans were against the fact that the harbors bloomed. Because they argued that this was against their ideology and the “monster” named capitalism would make Salem to go into the sin of selfishness. The Putnam family leaded the idea of separating Salem Town from Salem Village, by making protest, meetings, complains, etc. These protests did not make so much for their cause, they only weakened and made worse the relationships between the people in the town (Sutter, 2002).
Social issues were also a big part of this catastrophe, some times these social facts, were mix with the religious matters. For example, when the reverend Parris started having especial privileges; mor...