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Tituba tells a story in which she accuses Sarah Good and Goody Osborne of dancing with the devil. This starts a chain of accusations in which all of the girls in the room accuse one another of being with the devil. This scene demonstrates the paranoia and rampant accusations made during the Salem Witch Trials.
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This clip is a satirical look at the Salem Witch trials that illustrates the onslaught that began with fingerpointing.
The narrator discusses the Salem Witch Trials, in which many women were wrongfully convicted of witch craft in Salem, Massachusetts.
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