People live both in the natural and the symbolic environment
I’m not 100% sure of the people who spoke out to defend but there was punishment which resulted in death. They would drown them or execute them, I’m assuming they would do the same to the defenders in fear of them also being related to witchcrafts somehow
Usually conjunctions are not a good way to start a sentence; such as 'and' and 'but'...
The event took place in the past continuously but concluded prior to another past event.
