The Salem Witch Trials
One of America’s mistakes involving false persecution was the Salem Witch Trials. This was a great example of sexism and religious persecution because the biggest victim of the trials were women, also a great number of the accused were just part of a different culture or a different culture, and there were many unfair trials between men and women because men were respected more.
The name Salem, also meaning peace, was originally given by the English puritans with a vision in mind that they could create the perfect town. To prevent economic destruction they tried to set fair prices and laws to make sure that they could come to the new world and, with their family’s, worship their religion in peace. One man by the name of Parris, was a holy man and believe that everyone was facing the great threat of witchcraft, a superstition that had been a part of their culture for many generations. "A curse there is," he warned, "on such as …show more content…
The church was very strict in many things and one of the only reasons Sarah Osborn was accused was because she was an inactive member of the church. Martha Cory and Mary Warren were also being accused. Tituba and Mary actually confessed to the sin of witchcraft to spare their lives, whereas the other three were hung. Like Tituba, several supposed accused witches confessed and named still others, and the trials soon began to overwhelm the local justice system. In May 1692, the newly appointed governor of Massachusetts, William Phips, ordered the establishment of a special Court to hear, decide and to execute those on witchcraft cases for Salem and many other counties. Evidence admitted in such trials was of five
One of America’s mistakes involving false persecution was the Salem Witch Trials. This was a great example of sexism and religious persecution because the biggest victim of the trials were women, also a great number of the accused were just part of a different culture or a different culture, and there were many unfair trials between men and women because men were respected more.
The name Salem, also meaning peace, was originally given by the English puritans with a vision in mind that they could create the perfect town. To prevent economic destruction they tried to set fair prices and laws to make sure that they could come to the new world and, with their family’s, worship their religion in peace. One man by the name of Parris, was a holy man and believe that everyone was facing the great threat of witchcraft, a superstition that had been a part of their culture for many generations. "A curse there is," he warned, "on such as …show more content…
The church was very strict in many things and one of the only reasons Sarah Osborn was accused was because she was an inactive member of the church. Martha Cory and Mary Warren were also being accused. Tituba and Mary actually confessed to the sin of witchcraft to spare their lives, whereas the other three were hung. Like Tituba, several supposed accused witches confessed and named still others, and the trials soon began to overwhelm the local justice system. In May 1692, the newly appointed governor of Massachusetts, William Phips, ordered the establishment of a special Court to hear, decide and to execute those on witchcraft cases for Salem and many other counties. Evidence admitted in such trials was of five