During the Salem witch trials, over two hundred people were accused of using witchcraft and twenty people were executed. Even those who were innocent were hanged because they refused to falsely confess to the crime that they didn’t commit. Those who were accused of using witchcraft and confessed to doing it would presumably have their name blackened in the village. Despite women being the most vulnerable to being accused of witchery during this period, the most responsible person for the dreadful hangings is a woman. Her name is Abigail Williams, one of the primary accusers of the Salem witch trials of 1692. Abigail Williams is the most responsible for these tragic hangings because she lies for her own benefit, she’s jealous of a married man’s
