American's have a lot of historical baggage. Just
think with all that crucifixion this world has done in the
history of the world one would think this would stop. There
have been many devastating events. One of which is what I
feel the worst and that is The Salem Witchcraft Trials. In
1692 two girls, Abigail Williams and Betty Parris begin
accusing the citizens of Salem Village of Witchcraft. The
girls became inflicted with seizures, convulsions and other
terrible fits which frightened most of the God fearing
Puritans. Samuel Parris, the father of Betty and uncle to
Abigail, became worried. Who was afflicting these girls
with such pain? Samuel Parris then looked to his Indian
Tituba had taken over for Mrs. Parris, because she had
fallen sick and had not been able to recover. Tituba was
filling in for her. She was teaching the girls how to cook
and clean and be very wifely. However Tituba was teaching
them other things too or so we are told. She was teaching
them the ways of the Caribbean Indians. Tituba was teaching
the children voodoo and fortune telling. She also had other
children come to the house and watch. Children that lived
close enough to walk to the Parris' would gather in the
kitchen and watch at Tituba performed her magic. Tituba
taught the girls that braking an egg in a class of water
Two books that are relatively similar in their account
of history are The Devil in Massachusetts written by Marion
L Starkey and A Delusion of Satan by Frances Hill. Both
books look at the histeria caused by the two girls. Each
book tells of the village of Salem and how the girls
practically ruled it. Marion Starkey tells us the reason
for the witchcraft was for none other than the girls found
enjoyment in accusing the people of Salem Village. It was
also because they first had no other way to express their
high spirits, a party which eventuall...