The Salem Witch Trials
Published on Nov 26, 2015
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The Salem witch Trials of 1692 was a crazy time where over two hundred people were convicted of being a witch and twenty of those were put to death. however Salem was not alone on this witch hunt. Witch hunts spread through Europe around the 1300s to the 1600s.
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their was a great fear of the devil and the belief he could empower people to be witches. The starting fit happened in January of 1692 when a group of girls became ill after a of fortune-telling game
Venus Glass and egg game- where one would take a raw egg white and looking at the forms when dropped in a glass of water to see future marital status.
The afflicted~
Elizabeth Booth
Elizabeth Hubbard
Mercy Lewis
Betty Parris
Ann Putnam Jr
Susannah Sheldon
Abigail Williams
Mary Walcott
Mary Warren
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The young girls started to have "fits" , contorting to pain, high fevers, and hiding under furniture. some think they could have suffered with epilepsy, mental illness, boredom , or child abuse. However when a doctor could find nothing physically wrong with them said they could be possessed by a witch.
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The women in suspect
Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn and a slave named Tituba when arrested on March 1st and examined Tituba had claimed that she had been called forth by the devil then the other two did the same.
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Most historians believe that the girls were encouraged to blame people for their dilemna by their parents particularly Thomas Putnam and Samuel Paris
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Aprils accused
Sarah Cloyce, Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, Giles Corey, Abigail Hobbs, Deliverance Hobbs, William Hobbs, Mary Warren, Bridget Bishop, Sarah Wildes, Nehemiah Abbott Jr., Mary Eastey, Edward Bishop, Sarah Bishop, Mary English, Phillip English, Reverend George Burroughs, Lydia Dustin, Susannah Martin, Dorcas Hoar and Sarah Morey.
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Mays toll
Sarah Dustin, Ann Sears, Arthur Abbott, Bethiah Carter Sr., Bethiah Carter Jr., Mary Witheridge, George Jacobs Sr., Margaret Jacobs, Rebecca Jacobs, John Willard, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Abigail Soames, Sarah Buckely, Elizabeth Colson, Elizabeth Hart, Thomas Farrar Sr., Roger Toothaker, Mary Toothaker, Margaret Toothaker, Sarah Proctor, Mary DeRich, Sarah Bassett, Susannah Roots, Elizabeth Cary, Sarah Pease, Martha Carrier, Elizabeth Fosdick, Wilmot Redd, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Rice, John Alden Jr., William Proctor and John Flood. Arrest warrants were issued for George Jacobs Jr. and Daniel Andrews but they evaded arrest.
The hunts spread...
the witch hunts spread to neighboring towns such as Amesbury, Andover, Topsfield, Ipswich and Gloucester, and numerous residents of those towns were brought to Salem and put on trial.
some people in Salem thought the witch trials and the fits the girls put on. Most of them were accused and put on trial for it.
A crucial turning point was when Giles Corey was executed in a very cruel odd way. His body was crushed with sheets off rocks but he hadn't confessed yet they put him to death trying to get him to confess.
The people of Salem started to see the witch story was unbelievable and usually the information was unreliable.
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A witch cake
Not what your thinking this cake consist of the urine of the ones who said were afflicted by said witch and rye meal and fed to a dog. When the dog eats it the witch is said to scream in pain since the witches power afflicted the hosts urine
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check for any marks on the body-
moles, freckles, scars all are " devils mark" if they needed more proof they would prick the "witch" with a knife or needle if the "witch" doesn't bleed or a mark doesn't appear the were proved guilty. Some witch hunters would use retractable blades
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continued
- observe them talking to themselves.
- weigh them against a stack of bibles
- get them to recite the holy word with out messing up
- see how many pets she has
- see how many times they have been married
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another way which is kind of stupid is were they tied you up and threw you into the water if you float your a witch if you sink your innocent although their was a rope attached if you sank drowning was common.
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Bridget Bishop (June 10, 1692)
George Burroughs (August 19, 1692)
Martha Carrier (August 19, 1692)
Martha Corey (September 22, 1692)
Mary Eastey (September 22, 1692)
Sarah Good (July 19, 1692)
Elizabeth Howe (July 19, 1692)
George Jacobs Sr. (August 19, 1692)
Susannah Martin (July 19, 1692)
Rebecca Nurse (July 19, 1692)
Alice Parker (September 22, 1692)
Mary Parker (September 22, 1692)
John Proctor (August 19, 1692)
Ann Pudeator (September 22, 1692)
Wilmot Redd (September 22, 1692)
Margaret Scott (September 22, 1692)
Sarah Wildes (July 19, 1692)
John Willard (August 19, 1692)
Samuel Wardwell Sr (September 22, 1692)
Refused to enter a plea and tortured to death:
Giles Corey (September 19th, 1692)
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