A Delusion of Satan : The Salem Witch Trials by Frances Hill is a book describing the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The book begins introducing the reader to Puritan lifestyle --a very strict religon believing almost any fun is sin, and no sin is too small for punishment. Then they go to describe Salem Village in New England, which is owned in majority by the Putman family. The town is split into almost two sections, one of farmers(rural area outside of the actual markets and town) and one of the actual town(urban). Samuel Parris, the pastor, moved to salem three years before the trials with his wife, three children, niece, Abigail Williams, and his two carribean indian slaves Tituba and John Indian. They also had two other children with them, which was not unusual, a ten-year old boy and a five-year-old girl. Abigail and Betty(one of Parris's children) started having fits, thought to be posesions of satan buy more then likely actually just hysteria. Doctors were called in but nothing could be done. Soon after they thought Abigail and Betty were "under an evil have" the two slaves baked a "witch cake" with the two childrens urin. They planned to feed it to the dog to see what it would do, but Parris found out and wether or not the dog ate the cake is unknown. Eventually Tituba and neighbors Sarah Good and Sarah Osbourne were areested for hurting the two children. Their trial was unfair, as Hathorne (the judge) thought they were guilty. Tituba eventually admitted to witchcraft, but is believed that Parris told her what to say in confessing. The first accused church member was Martha Cory, accused of bewitching the three. Ann Puttman's mother dies and she joins the others with "fits". Eventually the entire village turned on each other, almost like a war if somebody has a problem with another they accuse them of witchcraft. The first accused person was Martha Cory, a church member, of bewitching them. Eventually 20 peopl...