The People of Salem
The Salem witch trial was a period of time where the citizens of Salem (mostly women) were persecuted of witchcraft. The panic took place around February of 1692 to May of 1693. The occupants of Salem were mostly Purist, Protestants who left the Roman Catholic Church due to corruption during the reformation period. They were a group of hard working individuals who were heavily God fearing. During the trials 19 people were executed, from either hanging or body pressing. Among these victims were Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, and George Burroughs, all were accused and executed by hanging. The Salem Witch trials were a dark time during colonial period, fueled by hysteria and hate. During the time of the witch trails, the Purist people of Salem had a strong belief in the battle between Satin and God. Church was mandatory and sin was condemned heavily. Purist will always ask the question whether they were pure enough to please God. So much that some may even go insane. But in the end it did not matter because of …show more content…
For the people of Salem she is also known as “Goodie Osborn” as in “goodwife.” Osborn was first married to Robert prince, but he eventually passed away in 1674 leaving his 150-acre farmland to his children. Since the children were too young, Osborn decided to hire a farmhand. This farmhand is Alexander Osborn who will eventually marry Sarah. Rumors soon spread that Alexander and Sarah would take all the land for themselves instead for their children. This lead to the Putnam family to accused them for their wrong doing. This conflict took place during the same time of the witch trials. Because of this she was accused of witchcraft by the Putnam family; this is where we find the trend for the rest of the trials. Osborn is the only one of the first three to be accused due to personal reasons. She was examined but never attended her trial. Before her actual trial Osborn was ill and died in
The Salem witch trial was a period of time where the citizens of Salem (mostly women) were persecuted of witchcraft. The panic took place around February of 1692 to May of 1693. The occupants of Salem were mostly Purist, Protestants who left the Roman Catholic Church due to corruption during the reformation period. They were a group of hard working individuals who were heavily God fearing. During the trials 19 people were executed, from either hanging or body pressing. Among these victims were Sarah Good, Rebecca Nurse, and George Burroughs, all were accused and executed by hanging. The Salem Witch trials were a dark time during colonial period, fueled by hysteria and hate. During the time of the witch trails, the Purist people of Salem had a strong belief in the battle between Satin and God. Church was mandatory and sin was condemned heavily. Purist will always ask the question whether they were pure enough to please God. So much that some may even go insane. But in the end it did not matter because of …show more content…
For the people of Salem she is also known as “Goodie Osborn” as in “goodwife.” Osborn was first married to Robert prince, but he eventually passed away in 1674 leaving his 150-acre farmland to his children. Since the children were too young, Osborn decided to hire a farmhand. This farmhand is Alexander Osborn who will eventually marry Sarah. Rumors soon spread that Alexander and Sarah would take all the land for themselves instead for their children. This lead to the Putnam family to accused them for their wrong doing. This conflict took place during the same time of the witch trials. Because of this she was accused of witchcraft by the Putnam family; this is where we find the trend for the rest of the trials. Osborn is the only one of the first three to be accused due to personal reasons. She was examined but never attended her trial. Before her actual trial Osborn was ill and died in