As the number of arrests increased, so did the distrust within the Salem community. This desperate and perhaps childish finger-pointing resulted in mass paranoia and an atmosphere of fear in which everyone was a potential witch. Ironically, the girls avoided punishment by accusing others of the very things of which they were guilty. Rather than suffer severe and inevitable punishment for their actions, the girls accused other inhabitants of Salem of practicing witchcraft.
In particular he focuses on the discovery of several young girls and a slave playing in the woods, conjuring - or attempting to conjure - spirits from the dead.
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