The last person burnt to death as a witch was in about 1783 (in Switzerland), around about the time of the French Revolution and American independance.
In no way is slavery the most important role. It is simply history as is Prohibition or the Salem witch trials.
No one ever had sex in the 1600s. Ever.
YES!!!!! There was gold indeed because during the 1600s Jamestown, Virginia was abundant with gold.
The Pilgrims.
Yes. There was a couple of Trials that only killed a few people. A witch hunt in Germany killed hundreds.
The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller in which he mangled facts and theories about the trials to create an allegory to McCarthyism in the 1950s.
Martha Corey is on trial. She was put on trial in Salem, Massachusetts as part of the infamous Salem Witch Trials of the 1600s.
The Salem witch trials happened in 1692.
Vardø witch trials happened in 1662.
Torsåker witch trials happened in 1675.
Werewolf witch trials happened in 1651.
Beyond the Witch Trials was created in 2004.
Rugård witch trials happened in 1686.
Fulda witch trials happened in 1603.
Basque witch trials happened in 1609.
Szeged witch trials happened in 1728.