2: Salem Village
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In the US, we all know the story of the Pilgrims landing the "Mayflower" on Plymouth rock in 1621. But did you know that Salem is the second oldest colonial settlement in New England? Or the names of the tribes and their leaders that lived in Massachusetts when the English arrived?
This episode covers all of that, plus what life was like in Puritan villages, and where the Salem Witch Trials would start in the cold, cold January of 1692.
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Crowds of people packed into the small, dingy, sweltering meeting house in Salem village the summer of 1692 to observe the trials of the accused Salem witches. Arrests were still rolling in, new stories of torments arrived each day, and the villagers were out for blood.
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