The Colors Of Witchcraft: Ideas Of Race In The Puritan Theory Of Witchcraft (2016)
— Frank Pomeroy

Early American Puritans believed only Whites were made in the image of God, and the other races to be literal children of Satan.

America was considered the land of Satan due to the masses of nonwhites living there, and they felt it was their God sent mission to purge the land of "Satan's children" and develop the land. The beginning of the view of Manifest Destiny.

"When the Puritans looked out on those around them they saw human like forms, yet not made in the image of God... The Puritans believed they were made in Gods literal image..."

"The Puritans are living... in a land that they believe is the actual lair of Satan, surrounded by those whom they believe must be Satan’s children since they are of this land. In this environment a Puritan would do just about anything to stave off God’s wrath... they would have also included the blacks in the same category as the Natives."

George Burroughs:
Born ᴬᴰ1650 (Scituate Ma.) — Executed Aug 19, 1692 (Salem Ma.) but we aren't going to focus on his wrongful conviction, but how this conviction was determined.

He was a minister executed for the official charges of "Witchcraft" and "Conspiracy with the Devil".
This accusation arose from surviving two devasting Injun attacks on British settlements: Falmouth and Wells, Maine; and doubts on the purity of his ancestry.

Due to his miraculous survival of both attacks, and his darker than ordinary skin complexion, he was accused of conspiring with the Injuns. As the Injuns were considered literal children of Satan, it was considered conspiracy with Satan himself; Injun was also believed to be witchcraft practicing devil-worshippers (applying both charges to him).

Perhaps he did conspire with Injuns, but with the surviving records, his execution was unjustified, caused by paranoia; which regardless demonstrates how serious the Early American settlers took White racial purity, and their faith.