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What was the average age of the “witches” and the “afflicted” persons?

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What was the average age of the “witches” and the “afflicted” persons?

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In the Salem cases, accused witches could be any age, from a four-year-old girl up to individuals in their 80s and 90s. As for the “afflicted ones,” most were adolescent girls between the ages of 9 and 18, though they were joined by some older women and by at least two adolescent boys.