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To: xzins
Actually he estimates the number at 30,000 witches killed - mostly all in Europe. Other estimates are 100,000 and 500,000

There are few reliable sources for democide statistics prior to the 20th century.

4,151 posted on 08/25/2007 10:05:17 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: xzins
Rats, I should have mentioned by comparison - the Salem witch trials resulted in the execution of 20 people, 14 of them women: Salem Witch Trials.

The Europeans were much bloodier than the Americans. Indian massacres, according to Rummel are way overstated. Most of them died off from diseases brought to the continent by the Europeans.

4,152 posted on 08/25/2007 10:09:32 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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