The respected minister Cotton Mather's concerns about the witch trials went largely unheeded. Later on, his father joined his son, urging the fact that they should look for evidence of witchcraft rather than just taking some girl's word for it and possibly arresting or hanging someone innocent.
The governor Phips ended up dissolving the Court of Oyer and Terminator in October and the witch trials began dwindling down. In early 1693, Phips released all of the prisoners that were accused. Concluding the Salem Witch Trials.
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The Salem Witch Trials
Non-FictionThis is a non-fiction story about the events of the Salem Witch Trials.
