HIST 201 Lecture : salem witch 14.docx
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O even if you are accused of something, but no one goes to the police or follows through with it, it can damage your reputation and destroy your life even though you were never tried for it. Inheritance disputes surface frequently enough in witchcraft cases, cropping up as a part of the general context even when direct link is discernible, to suggest the fears that underlay most of the accusations. No matter how deeply entrenched the principle of male inheritance, no matter how carefully written the laws that protected it, it was impossible to insure that all families had male offspring. Think/pair/share: write one statement explaining why this is not enough to account for events in salem in. Pick the three or four most interesting pieces of evidence.
