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Salem Witch Trials - Research. By Ela Nicholson. - Coggle Diagram
Salem Witch Trials - Research. By Ela Nicholson.
People involved
Abigail Williams (afflicted)
Ann Putnam (afflicted)
Betty Parris (afflicted)
Assorted accused people
Sarah Osbourne
Sarah Good
Tituba
John Proctor
Samuel Parris
Backstory II
At this stage, everybody in authority was predisposed to take them (Abigail, Ann, and Betty) very seriously. The women were arrested on 1st March
The two Sarahs denied everything, but Tituba produced an imaginative confession where she name several more people as instruments of Satan. This confession saved Tituba's life, as she confessed, which spared her from death, especially as she implicated others.
Eventually, in Feb. 1692, Abigail, Ann, and Betty were able to name three of their tormentors. These were Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osbourne.
These symptoms began to spread through the child population of the village. The adult community realized the 2 girls were "bewitched", but Mr. Parris was unable to discover who was bewitching them.
These three were just the first three victims. Many more were claimed by the paranoia and scapegoating that was the Salem witch trials. The trials continued until May 1693, when the Mayor of Massachusetts' wife was accused of witchcraft. The trials were very quickly brought to a close, and made illegal after that happened...
Backstory
These sessions ended by driving Abigail Williams and Ann Putnam (aged 11 and 12) into what was evidently a hysterical illness.
Abigail was related to Mr. Samuel Parris: the minister, the man who owned Tituba. Abigail lived in his house, so therefore she was more exposed to Tituba's influence (if it existed) than the other girls.
Every one of the townsfolk claimed that Tituba stuffed their impressionable heads with African magic (though she actually came from Barbados, but this would make little difference
The three girls (Ann, Abigail, and Betty Parrish: the minister's daughter) moaned and shrieked for no apparent reason, grovelled and writhed on the ground, and occasionally acted as if they believed that they had been transformed into animals.
The years of the Salem witch trials began began in the winter of 1691-1692. It began among a group of eight girls aged 11-20, who used to meet in the back premises of the minister's house in the company of the minister's slave, Tituba.
Punishments
If you were thought to be a witch, you would be imprisoned and trialed. In most cases, it was a unanimous trial in which no-one challenged the magistrates.
After your trial, if you were found guilty, you would be given a public hanging. A true humiliation; as, not only were you being tried for being a witch, not only were you going to die for it, but all of your neighbors and fellow townspeople would be there to watch your last moments.
The punishments for being a (supposed) witch were very severe.