The Salem Witch Trials (1692) Cartoon

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In Salem Village, Massachusetts, February 1692, Betty Parris, age 9 and Abigail Williams, age 11, the daughters and niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became ill.

Their health failed to improve and they went into constant fits, so a doctor called William Griggs was called in.


His diagnosis? bewitchment.


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Credits:

Narrator:
Willow Fengs
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Artwork:
Victoria Volodina
Daniel turner

Animation:
Daniel Turner
April Ibañez

Music:

Evening of Chaos by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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