The people running the trials against the “witches” were Puritans/ Calvinists. Most of the witches were marginalized women, homeless, non-church goers and a black woman.
Here is an interesting historical fact and note the day it was signed. In 1992, The Danvers Tercentennial Committee also persuaded the Massachusetts House of Representatives to issue a resolution honoring those who had died. After much convincing and hard work by Salem school teacher Paula Keene, Representatives J. Michael Ruane and Paul Tirone and others, the names of all those not previously listed were added to this resolution. When it was finally signed on October 31, 2001, by Governor Jane Swift, more than 300 years later, all were finally proclaimed innocent.[87] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials
