Nina Wise
Professor Bruce Franklin
HIST2013
14 September 2016
Salem Witch Trials In order to understand the Salem Witch Trials, you must first understand the Puritan belief in the supernatural. The Puritans believed that witches allied themselves with the devil to carry out evil deeds and anything bad that happened in the colonies such as death or illnesses were more times than not blamed on the work of witches (Boundless). They also believed in the wrath of God and they took any measure necessary to keep from having to endure it. This is why the witch trials were such a big deal, the Puritans were trying to rid their villages of evil so they didn’t have to face God’s wrath. The Salem Witch Trials began in February 1692 when Revered Samuel …show more content…
When other young girls in the village began to show similar behavior rumors of witchcraft buzzed through the village and accusations began to fly. The first three ladies to be pointed out as witches were: Tituba (Parris’ Caribbean slave), Sarah Good (a homeless beggar), and Sarah Osborne (an elderly woman who rarely attended church) (Blumburg). The three outcasts were hunted down and interoggatedinterrogated. Good and Osborne both tried to claim innocent while Tituba admitted she was doing work for the devil. Tituba also claimed that there were several other witches out there with the same goal she had: destroy the Puritans. Following that proclamation, several accusations were turned into the magistrates thus marking the start of the witch trials. During the Salem Witch Trials over two hundred individuals were accused, between one hundred forty and one hundred fifty individuals were tried and arrested, and the official death count is twenty individuals (Beatrice). Also according to Beatrice, nineteen of the twenty murdered individuals were hung at Proctor’s Ledge and the one remaining individual was tortured to death. Names of the deceased because of the trials are: Bridget Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, …show more content…
The Salem witch trials victims: Who were they? History of Massachusetts, 19 Aug. 2015. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
Blumberg, Jess. A brief history of the Salem witch trials. Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2007. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
Boundless. The Salem witch trials. Boundless, 9 June 2016. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
Linder, Doug. Salem witchcraft trials: List of dead and death warrant. n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
“Religious aspects.” n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
“The Salem times 1693 ‘Salem times
Professor Bruce Franklin
HIST2013
14 September 2016
Salem Witch Trials In order to understand the Salem Witch Trials, you must first understand the Puritan belief in the supernatural. The Puritans believed that witches allied themselves with the devil to carry out evil deeds and anything bad that happened in the colonies such as death or illnesses were more times than not blamed on the work of witches (Boundless). They also believed in the wrath of God and they took any measure necessary to keep from having to endure it. This is why the witch trials were such a big deal, the Puritans were trying to rid their villages of evil so they didn’t have to face God’s wrath. The Salem Witch Trials began in February 1692 when Revered Samuel …show more content…
When other young girls in the village began to show similar behavior rumors of witchcraft buzzed through the village and accusations began to fly. The first three ladies to be pointed out as witches were: Tituba (Parris’ Caribbean slave), Sarah Good (a homeless beggar), and Sarah Osborne (an elderly woman who rarely attended church) (Blumburg). The three outcasts were hunted down and interoggatedinterrogated. Good and Osborne both tried to claim innocent while Tituba admitted she was doing work for the devil. Tituba also claimed that there were several other witches out there with the same goal she had: destroy the Puritans. Following that proclamation, several accusations were turned into the magistrates thus marking the start of the witch trials. During the Salem Witch Trials over two hundred individuals were accused, between one hundred forty and one hundred fifty individuals were tried and arrested, and the official death count is twenty individuals (Beatrice). Also according to Beatrice, nineteen of the twenty murdered individuals were hung at Proctor’s Ledge and the one remaining individual was tortured to death. Names of the deceased because of the trials are: Bridget Bishop, Rebecca Nurse, …show more content…
The Salem witch trials victims: Who were they? History of Massachusetts, 19 Aug. 2015. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
Blumberg, Jess. A brief history of the Salem witch trials. Smithsonian, 23 Oct. 2007. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
Boundless. The Salem witch trials. Boundless, 9 June 2016. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
Linder, Doug. Salem witchcraft trials: List of dead and death warrant. n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
“Religious aspects.” n.d. Web. 14 Sept. 2016.
“The Salem times 1693 ‘Salem times