Back in 1692, in Salem Massachusetts, there was an issue that would eventually lead to chaos. It involved several people going to trial because they were accused of doing suspicious activity. People, mostly women and some men, were accused of using witchcraft on the other villagers. The salem witchcraft trials of 1692 started when two girls, Betty and Abigail, from a town called Salem, inspired an African woman by the name of Tituba to talk about things involving the paranormal. Many villagers in Salem believed that this was the work by the devil. Later this changed from a religious issue to a legal one involving the people in the colony. Later in the course of the Salem witchcraft trials this would separate the social status in the Massachusetts bay colony.
Soon after the event occurred, strange and weird things started to happen to the girls. People in the village soon began to say that someone was using witchcraft on the girls. The two girls, who were tormented, were forced to tell that their witches were described as females who were greedy, prideful, and jealous. They …show more content…
She had been taught by her mentor, who was her mistress from a different place and was indeed a witch. She taught her countermagic. To this account she also denied that she wasn’t a witch even though she had committed acts that seemed suspicious or looked liked witchcraft. Soon later other women were blamed of using witchcraft such as Goody Osborne and Sarah Good with Tituba were accused of committing witchcraft on other girls in the village which lead to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692. The victims described what they did to them. The girls whose names were Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Hubbard would be other victims not only by Tituba but also Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. Both Ann and Elizabeth pointed that the people who tortured them were indeed Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne who tortured them by “pinching and pricking” them in a matter that was disturbing and
Soon after the event occurred, strange and weird things started to happen to the girls. People in the village soon began to say that someone was using witchcraft on the girls. The two girls, who were tormented, were forced to tell that their witches were described as females who were greedy, prideful, and jealous. They …show more content…
She had been taught by her mentor, who was her mistress from a different place and was indeed a witch. She taught her countermagic. To this account she also denied that she wasn’t a witch even though she had committed acts that seemed suspicious or looked liked witchcraft. Soon later other women were blamed of using witchcraft such as Goody Osborne and Sarah Good with Tituba were accused of committing witchcraft on other girls in the village which lead to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692. The victims described what they did to them. The girls whose names were Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Hubbard would be other victims not only by Tituba but also Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. Both Ann and Elizabeth pointed that the people who tortured them were indeed Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne who tortured them by “pinching and pricking” them in a matter that was disturbing and