Salem Witch Trials and Account

capital of Oregon transport Trial Hangings Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 capital of Oregon trance Trial Hangings Theses There were many casualties of the Salem enthral Trials and in that lo rambleion are still many mysteries today. * Salem History and Background * enrapture Craft Starting * Symptoms of beldam Craft * People Accused of enamor Craft * Trials * Hangings * End of the Witch Hunt Michelle Woodring Mr. Yates American Literature 1 May 2010 Salem Witch Trials Hangings In1688, John Putnam invited Samuel Parris to prophesy in the Village church (An calculate of. . ). A year subsequently inflation adjustments, and free firewood, Parris accepted the job as Village look r(An invoice of). He moved to Salem Village with his wife Elizabeth, his cardinal year old daughter Betty, niece Abagail Williams, and his Indian slave Tituba (An accounting system of). onetime(prenominal) during February of 1692 young Betty Parris became strangely ill (S alem Witch Trials). The cause of her symptoms seemed to equal those of Ergot (Salem Witch Trials). Bettys behavior in some(a) ways mirrored that of capture cheat (Salem Witch Trials).It was light-colored to believe with an Indian war raging less than several miles off that the devil was close in hand (An account statement of). Talk of witch cunning increased when other playmates of Bettys began to exhibit similar anomalous behavior (An notice of). William Griggs, a doctor, was called in to examine the female babes he suggested that the girls problems might have a supernatural origin (An Account of). The number of girls afflicted continued to grow rising to seven (An Account of). The girls contorted into poses, fell down into frozen postures, and complained of biting and pinching sensations (An Account of).Sometime after February 25 and 29 the first three accused of witch craft were Tituba, Sarah just, and Sarah Osborn (Salem Witch Trials). Tituba was an obvious choice (S alem Witch Trials). Sarah Good was a beggar (Salem Witch Trials). Sarah Osborn was old and had not be a church for over a year (Salem Witch Trials). Tituba was the first witch to admit to doing witch craft (Salem Witch Trials). Soon the spectral forms of other women attacking the afflicted girls came into the court live (An Account of).Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Cloyce, and Mary Easty were accused of witch craft during a march 20 church service (An Account of). Dorcas Good, four-year-old daughter of Sarah Good, became the first child to be accused of witch craft when three of the girls complained that they were bitten by the nicety of Dorcas (An Account of). Deliverance Hobbs became the second witch to confess for doing witch craft (An Account of). The first accused witch to be brought to trial at the local church was Bridget Bishop (An Account of).At Bishops trial on June 2 a field hand testified that he saw Bishops go through stealing eggs and then saw her transform h erself into a cat (An Account of). Bishops jury returned a verdict of guilty on June 10 (An Account of). Bishop was carted to Gallows Hill and hanged (An Account of). As the summer of 1692 warmed, the cubic yard of trials picked up (Salem Witch Trials). John Proctor was openly censorious of the trial and paid for his skepticism with his life (Salem Witch Trials). No execution caused more unease in Salem than that of the villages ex minister, George Burroughs (An Account of).Burroughs was identified by several of his accusers as the ringleader of the witches (An Account of). Among the thirty accusers of Burroughs was nineteen-year-old Mercy Lewis that offered unusually vivid testimony against Burroughs saying that he had came to her in the middle of the night and made her sign the Devils book (An Account of). Burroughs became guilty and took to Gallows hill to be hanged he recited the masters petitioner perfectly which greatly moved people (An Account of). The Lords Prayer Our fa ther which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy chance on.Thy res publica come. Thy will be done, As in heaven, so on earth. put on us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we similarly have forgiven our debtors And lead us not into temptation, but Deliver us from evil for thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory Forever. Amen. One victim of Salem witch-hunt was not hung his name was Giles Corey (Salem Witch Trials). He died from being touch to remainder by stones (Salem Witch Trials). Three days after Giles Coreys death on familytember 22 eight more convicted witches were hung (Salem Witch Trials).They were the last victims of the witch-hunt (Salem Witch Trials). With spectral evidence not admitted, 28 of the last thirty-three witchcraft trials ended in acquittals (Salem Witch Trials). In May of 1693, all remaining accused or convicted witches were released from prison house (Salem Witch Trials). By the time witch-hunt ended nineteen convicted witches we re kill (Salem Witch Trials). And at least four accused witches had died in prison (Salem Witch Trials). Then one man was pressed to death by stones (Salem Witch Trials).About one or dickens hundred other persons were arrested and imprisoned on witch craft charges and ii dogs were executed as suspected accomplices of witches (Salem Witch Trials). Works Cited Linder, Douglas O. An Account of Events in Salem, Famous American Trials Salem Witch Craft Trials of 1692. Sep 2009. Web. 15 Apr 2010. Salem Witch Trials. Wikipedia. Wikipedia Foundation. Inc. 12 Apr 2010. Web. 15 Apr 2010. Matthew 69-13, The Lords Prayer. Holy Bible King James Version. Holman Bible Publishers. 1973. 26 Apr 2010.