The Salem Witch Trials

Some theories about Betty Abigail and Anne's behavior could be traced back to the girls interactions with Ticuba, who is the family slave. The girls may have been scared or feeling guilty for engaging in such unperitant activities and may have started acting out as a result. Some believe that their involvement in these forbidden activities and a combination of guilt and fear they felt from participating in them may have been the real cause of their strange behavior. No one is pointing the finger at anyone in particular, just working under the assumption that the girls have been bewitched by some supernatural power,. AKA possessed.

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