[nickcarraway]

[BobL]

Just to put it in perspective, this was the US nearly 100 years before it actually became a country. During that time, if your kid wondered outside at night, you just might not see him again, as the engines were everywhere, kidnapping whoever they could grab. People were, understandably, on edge.

[daniel1212]

From https://festivalofthedead.com/, with the official gov. sponsored religion being witchcraft, rolling out the carpet for it $. No churches to be found doing evangelism all month, until maybe the 31st, but from a schedule I made for a couple in outreach, thank God: Daily October 1 to October 31:
Discover your destiny with an authentic psychic reading at The Salem Psychic Fair and Witches' Market

Thursday through Sunday Throughout October:
Hear from Departed Loved Ones delivered by gifted psychic mediums at Messages from the Spirit World: An Authentic Salem Séance

Friday, October 27, 2023:
Join the Witches of Salem and revelers from around the globe for The Official Salem Witches‘ Halloween Ball, Salem's most magical Halloween event! Celebrate the afterlife with food, dancing, ritual, live music, free psychic readings, and prizes where the dead cavort with the living and powerful spells are cast for the Witches’ new year!

Saturday, October 28, 2023:
Work the sorcery of the cemetery in Graveyard Magic

Sunday, October 29, 2023:
Share stories of you your loved ones at The Mourning Tea

Sunday, October 29, 2023:
Honor Your Loved Ones Who Have Crossed Over at the Salem Witches' Most Sacred Event, The Dumb Supper: Dinner with the Dead

Monday, October 31, 2023:
Join us in The Salem Witches' Magic Circle

Defying the boundaries of religion, culture, and continent, death captivates our imaginations and ensnares our minds, beckoning us to journey to destinations beyond the tattered shroud of mortality.

Weekeds: Haunted Happenings Marketplace 10AM-8P

Daily Salem Psychic Fair 10am -10pm, Witch City Mall

Authentic Séances Nightly all through Oct. 184 Essex St.

Sundays on Salem Common with the Good Witch

After Hours Ghost Hunt 7 Lynde Street8:30--10p

Haunted Grand Parade 6:30--8 p

Haunted Happenings BizBaz. street fest, commons

Daily: Guilty! A Salem Witch Trial 7 Lynde St

A very Satanic Banshee with.BAR SERVICE, Satanic Temple [IRS religious exemption granted]

Graveyard Magic w/ Witchdoctor Utu, 9p 184 Essex St.

Wicked Night on the Wharf 193 Derby St.

Kids’ Fun Fest

Daily:Good Witch of Salem..10am-5p at

Salem Zombie Walk Salem Common

[flamberge]

The key driver of the witch trials was confiscation of assets from those accused and convicted. Assests were also seized from their relatives and friends, making it dangerous to defend or support the accused.

Slaves convicted of "witchcraft" put their owners at risk for fines and confiscations as well.

This was not just about superstition and hysteria. It was about theft and extortion under color of authority.

[reasonisfaith]

Why does everyone always assume it was wrong to execute the witches?

[moovova]

"In the aftermath of the crisis, many victims and victims' families began to petition the court in the state for reparations or exoneration," he said...."

How did I know the word "reparations" would be mentioned in this thread?

Could you imaging being bLACK, gay, transgender AND a witch back then? We're talking major meal-ticket reparations for today's descendents.