June 1630, 700 puritans arrived from England at a place in New England, America, known to many local communities as Naumkeag.

To those new arrivals however, it was known as something different.

Inspired by the Hebrew for peace, they called it Salem.  

This episode was written by Ella Mcleod and Richard MacLean Smith.

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