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Salem Witch TrailsSalem Mass was a very small and unpopulated community with one thousand habitants. In 1962, many people were trailed, as witches because of a small out break that know one knew how to cure. Evidence was not accurate in the trials and would cause over nineteen deaths. People who were affected by this strange disease were within the ages of nine to twenty years of age. Many of theses symptoms in today’s society can be diagnosed and or cured. Many of these women that were on trial were just ordinary women that had shown some dislike in the way things were done or just did what was expected of them and still were wrongly accused of a crime that had no really evidence to prove it even existed.Many children were affected by these strange symptoms of being possessed. In Salem there had only been 6 cases of possessed girls. Some of those girls that showed symptoms of being possessed were Betty Parries, who was the first one to be possessed by witches, Abigail Williams, Ann Putman jr., Mercy Lewis, and Elizabeth Hubbard. These girls started t show symptoms spontaneously after one another. Betty Parries was the first one and every doctor that her parents brought her too; they had no clue on how to treat her or the others. Betty was . . .
As more children came down with symptoms of being “bewitched” more and more people were becoming imprisoned. In June of 1692, the special Court of Oyer (to hear) and Terminer (to decide) sat in Salem to hear he cases of witchcraft. Therefore as the number of children possessed increased the more people there was to blame. The accused were all ways shown in a ball of light, like a ghost like image. asked many questions about if it were a witches spell? Or even if the devil had come to talk to her. Some women that were accused are Sarah Good, Susannah Martain, Elizabeth How, Sarah Wilds, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Osborne, Tituba. The new court released those awaiting trial and pardoned those awaiting execution. As years passed, apologies were offered, and restitution was made to the victims' families. Thirteen women and five men from all stations of life followed her to the gallows on three successive hanging days before the court was disbanded by Governor William Phipps in October of that year. As time went on many people, mostly women were in jail and it was becoming over crowded. All accused were sent to jail and would have to wait up to a year to be put to the stand. Common topics in this essay: | |||
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