Salem Witch Trials
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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January 1692
Elizabeth Parris age 9 and Abigail Williams age 11 started to become "ill". Many other girls began to be come "ill" shortly after.
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They started throwing "fits" by screaming, throwing things, making strange noises, and contorting themselves in strange positions. The doctor said it could possibly be from a curse or some sort of witchcraft.
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February 29, 1692
The girls under pressure accused three women of being the cause of all the "fits".Tituba one of the girl's slaves. Sarah Good a local beggar who did not attend church on a regular basis. Also elderly woman named Sarah Osborn.
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These women were accused of sending the girls creatures called specters that would try to harm them until they signed the devil's book
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The girls refused to sign the book.
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Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne pleaded innocent. Tituba on the other hand said she was guilty.
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Tituba began to explain a vivid picture of what had happened. Many creatures had come to her to get her to sign the devil's book.
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She signed the book as well as more people in the community. The goal of it all was to ruin the Puritan culture, from what she had said.
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After the trials, throughout the next month many more people (majority women) were accused of witchcraft as well.
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Most targeted people were beggars, slaves, elderly, non-consistant church goers, and relatives of the already accused.
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George Burroughs was a well known prim minister in 1692, for four years. Until he was accused of using his "ability" of witchcraft.
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He was then taken to Salem and tried for witchcraft on May 4, 1692.
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He was said to be guilty from the spectral evidence given. They hanged him on August 19, 1692.
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Before he was hanged he recited The Lord's Prayer perfectly. That was something a wizard or witch would not have the ability to do.
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Five people were hanged that July.
Five people were hanged that August.
Eight people were hanged that September.
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September 19, 1692
Giles Corey was pressed to death because he stood up for his wife who was accused of witchcraft, then he
got accused as well. When he was asked to testify for his actions he would not do so.
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October 8, 1692
Governor Phipps banned spectral evidence as strong evidence for the witch trials. The main reason he did this was because he heard a rumor of his wife having the ability of witchcraft.
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October 29, 1692
Governor Phipps ended the accusing of witchcraft, and freed some of the already accused people who were in jail.
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A Superior Court is later formed to do the final trials of the remaining accused witches.
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January, 1693
49 out of 52 of the people accused still in jail were released because all of their accusations were based off of spectral evidence.
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May, 1693
Governor Phipps releases all other people still in jail.
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Seven of accused people died in jail.
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In all there were over 200 people accused of witch craft in total throughout the epidemic.
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Now a days we believe these people in Salem in 1692 were paranoid about getting diseases, possible Indian attacks, and drastic weather changes. They needed some way to explain what was happening so they started blaming the people around them, which created the Salem witch trials.
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