Abigail is fraud because she is using trickery to blame people for witchcraft or being witches. When they aren't really witches so she can get notest.

John Alden witch trial

John Alden

He was a member of the Boston elite. John Alden was accused on May 28th, 1692 but avoided further proceedings on April 25, 1693 when he escaped from jail and fled to New York where several profiled witchcraft defendants were protected. The accusers knew him by name that's it, his profitable connections to Maine and involvement with the Indian Wars which orphaned several of the accusers likely contributed to the accusations against him.

Unmindful Salem

The people are unaware of the imported things going on around them and are arguing over land instead of bothering with the girls that are being called witches. Betty in bed sick is not being watched after.

Sick Salem

O Salem thou art sick,
The magical witch,
That joins you in the woods
and dances around the fire.

Has found Betty in thou bed
Of pale color;
And not of speech
But of life and no movements.