The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witchcraft_trial_(1878)" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Salem witchcraft trial (1878)">last witchcraft trial held in the United States</a> begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science" id="mwnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christian Science">Christian Science</a>, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.<sup about="#mwt89" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-15"}}' id="cite_ref-15" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_14#cite_note-15" id="mwoA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 15;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwoQ">[15]</span></a></sup>
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