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Ann Putnam was an accuser in the Salem Witch Trials who later apologized. But she didn’t say “We made it up.” She said at the time she believed the accused were guilty but now thought she had been deceived by the devil. Does that mean the accusers were suffering from delusions? Did others apologize?

by /u/ArmandoAlvarezWF in /r/AskHistorians

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