Civil magistrates in Massachusetts set up a special court in 1692 to try people accused of witchcraft. These were known as the Salem Witch Trials.
Explanation:
The Salem witch trials were not the first, but certainly the best-known witch trials in American history. They began in 1692 and resulted in a large number of convictions in both Salem Village, present-day Danvers, and Salem Town in the state of Massachusetts, then an English colony in New England. They led to the execution of at least twenty-four people.
