Salem Witch craft trials
American's have a lot of historical baggage. Justthink with all that crucifixion this world has done in thehistory of the world one would think this would stop. Therehave been many devastating events. One of which is what Ifeel the worst and that is The Salem Witchcraft Trials. In1692 two girls, Abigail Williams and Betty Parris beginaccusing the citizens of Salem Village of Witchcraft. Thegirls became inflicted with seizures, convulsions and otherterrible fits which frightened most of the God fearingPuritans. Samuel Parris, the father of Betty and uncle toAbigail, became worried. Who was afflicting these girlswith such pain? Samuel Parris then looked to his Indian Tituba had taken over for Mrs. Parris, because she hadfallen sick and had not been able to recover. Tituba wasfilling in for her. She was teaching the girls how to cookand clean and be very wifely. However Tituba was teachingthem other things too or so we are told. She was teachingthem the ways of the Caribbean Indians. Tituba was teachingthe children voodoo and fortune telling. She also had otherchildren come to the house and watch. Children that livedclose enough to walk to the Parris' would gath
However the girls were very convinced that shewas a witch. Next was Sarah Good she married an indenturedservant who accrued many debts, which Sarah was left to takeresponsibility for. Many others still remained in the jail. The people in each story are the same and also theway it happened were the same. Each of these historians relied on the courttranscripts taken while each "witch" was put on the stand. Many looked uponwomen that were single or widowed as deceiving. " She goes on to tell of how it came to bethat the slave woman was in charge of the girls and notMrs. This theory isfar different from what some believe today. Not only was all daySunday a time for reflection and prayer, but also Thursdaynights were lecture nights. None of the three women bothered a person aroundthem, but for some reason the girls had a vendetta againstthem and were all to happy to take away the lives of thesean other people in Salem Village. People like Rebecca Nurse,Sarah Good, and Sara Osburne were all three accused and allthree are mentioned in both stories.
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