Ereignisse
Nine year old Elizabeth Parris and eleven-year-
old Abigail Williams begin to exhibit strange
behavior, such as blasphemous screaming,
convulsive seizures, trance-like states and
mysterious spells. within a short timeUnable to determine any physical cause for the
symptoms and dreadful behavior, physicians
concluded that the girls were under the
influence of SatanMartha Corey is accused of witchcraftMartha Corey was examined before Magistrates
Hathorne and CorwinRebecca Nurse was examined before Magistrates Hathorne and CorwinGeorge Jacobs, Sr. and his granddaughter
Margaret were examined before Hathorne and
Corwin. Margaret confessed and testified that
her grandfather and George Burroughs were
both witches.
Sarah Osborne Died in a prison in Boston
Margarert Jacobs: "...They told me if I would not
confess I shoild be put down into the dungeon
and would be hanged, but if I would confess I
should save my lifeIncrease Mather returned from England, bringing
him a new charter, and a new governor, Sir
William Phips.Mary Easty was released from prison. Yet due to
the outcries and protests of her accusers, she
was arrested a second time.Bridget Bishop was hanged in Salem, the
first official execution of the Salem witch
trials.
Bridget Bishop: “I am no witch. I am
innocent. I know nothing of it.”
Following her death, accusations of
witchcraft escalated, but the trials were not
unopposed. Several townspeople signed
petitions on behalf of the accused people
they believed to be innocentMargaret Scott, Willmont Redd, Samuel
Wardwell, Mary Parker, Abigail Faulkner,
Rebecca Eames, Mary Lacy, Ann Foster, and
Abigail Hobbs were tried and condemnedGiles Cory was pressed to death for
refusing a trial.Dorcas Hoar was the forstof these pleading
innocent to confess. Her execution was
delayed.Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty,
Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Willmont Redd,
Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker were
hanged.After20 people had been executed in the
Salem witch hunt, Thomas Brattle wrote a
letter criticizing the witchcraft trials. This
letter had great impact on governor Phips,
who ordered that reliance on spectral and
intangible evidence no longer be allowed in
trials.
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