Salem Witches of 1962
Submitted by: Adriana Q. H. Sumner
April 4, 2016
Honors English 11
River Valley High School What comes to mind when “Salem Witch Trials" is said? Does innocent women being brutally murdered due to other’s superstitions come to mind? Or does one think of what went through the people of Salem’s minds when they started the trials? According to an entry on witchcraft at Encyclopedia.com, “witchcraft” comes from the Saxon word wicca, which sometimes means “wise person” but more so from an Indo-European root, “weik”, which is the root for many words in various languages that relate to magic, religion or divination. Witchcraft is used to define a variety of happenings including magical/religious practitioners in third …show more content…
The war destroyed regions of New York, Nova Scotia, and Quebec. Refugees were sent, fleeing from the destruction, into the county of Essex and Salem village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, present day Danvers, Massachusetts. These shifted people put a strain on Salem’s resources. Controversy was brought about over Reverend Samuel Parris, who was disliked for his rigid ways and greedy nature. His daughter was one of the first victims, or so she says. Jenkins states in a discoveryeducation.com article that the harsh climate and rough, rocky terrain made farming strenuous. When a drought or flood could ruin their harvest or a plague of smallpox could massacre a family, it is not unusual to see the devil behind their adversities. The people of Salem were mostly farmers who were very busy with the work needed on the farm. When something goes wrong, it could ruin the entire crop and they believed the devil was behind every misadventure, it was easy for them to believe that this condition was the work of demons. Many things went into the trials but the question is what. The Salem Witch Trials included determining whether women were witches in Salem, processing those witches after …show more content…
Accoding to The history.com staff in 2010, October 1692 was the month that Governor Phipps order the Court of Oyer and Terminer be dismissed and replaced with the Superior Court of Judicature, which prohibited whimsical testimonies. With no real evidence, executions stopped and the Superior Court eventually released those awaiting trial and exonerated those sentenced to death. Nineteen innocent women and men were executed before the witch trials had effectively ended. The trials were more solely based on the "victim's" behavior, characterized by fits and hallucinations that were said to be caused by those on trial, during the trials. The establishment of the Superior Court of Judicature brought the number of executions down to none. The Salem witch trials brought 19 men and women to their demise before its end in
Submitted by: Adriana Q. H. Sumner
April 4, 2016
Honors English 11
River Valley High School What comes to mind when “Salem Witch Trials" is said? Does innocent women being brutally murdered due to other’s superstitions come to mind? Or does one think of what went through the people of Salem’s minds when they started the trials? According to an entry on witchcraft at Encyclopedia.com, “witchcraft” comes from the Saxon word wicca, which sometimes means “wise person” but more so from an Indo-European root, “weik”, which is the root for many words in various languages that relate to magic, religion or divination. Witchcraft is used to define a variety of happenings including magical/religious practitioners in third …show more content…
The war destroyed regions of New York, Nova Scotia, and Quebec. Refugees were sent, fleeing from the destruction, into the county of Essex and Salem village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, present day Danvers, Massachusetts. These shifted people put a strain on Salem’s resources. Controversy was brought about over Reverend Samuel Parris, who was disliked for his rigid ways and greedy nature. His daughter was one of the first victims, or so she says. Jenkins states in a discoveryeducation.com article that the harsh climate and rough, rocky terrain made farming strenuous. When a drought or flood could ruin their harvest or a plague of smallpox could massacre a family, it is not unusual to see the devil behind their adversities. The people of Salem were mostly farmers who were very busy with the work needed on the farm. When something goes wrong, it could ruin the entire crop and they believed the devil was behind every misadventure, it was easy for them to believe that this condition was the work of demons. Many things went into the trials but the question is what. The Salem Witch Trials included determining whether women were witches in Salem, processing those witches after …show more content…
Accoding to The history.com staff in 2010, October 1692 was the month that Governor Phipps order the Court of Oyer and Terminer be dismissed and replaced with the Superior Court of Judicature, which prohibited whimsical testimonies. With no real evidence, executions stopped and the Superior Court eventually released those awaiting trial and exonerated those sentenced to death. Nineteen innocent women and men were executed before the witch trials had effectively ended. The trials were more solely based on the "victim's" behavior, characterized by fits and hallucinations that were said to be caused by those on trial, during the trials. The establishment of the Superior Court of Judicature brought the number of executions down to none. The Salem witch trials brought 19 men and women to their demise before its end in