Samuel Parris

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…

when the the word witchcraft spreads about the town. Those who have cried witchcraft have gathered at the home of Reverend Samuel Parris to see the girl, Betty Parris, who has been affected by the ‘Devil’s dark deed’. Up in the room of Betty Parris, Reverend Parris learns that his orphaned niece, Abigail Williams and company were dancing in the woods alongside Tituba, the Parris’ slave, who was accused of conjuring up the souls Mrs. Ann Putnam’s deceased children,…

trials, torture, imprisonment, and executions. By the time the trials came to a halt, an astonishing 20 people were executed, while an additional 162 were accused of practicing witchcraft. All of this erupted on January 20, 1692, when the reverend Samuel Paris’ daughter, Betty, and niece Abigail Williams were labeled oddities. Some historians, such as Dr. Alan Woolf, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard…

What do we know about Salem? Salem is a coastal town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. Salem is a New England bedrock of history and is considered one of the most significant seaports in Puritan American history. Salem was founded in 1629 by the Puritans. Puritans, the people who did not recognize the authority of the official church and followers of Calvinism in England in the XVI-XVII centuries. The increase in the refugee population in Salem, led to a shortage of arable…

The trials all began in the January 1692. The niece of Reverend Samuel Parris became sick. The doctor of the town, William Briggs, was called to help better the girls health. He diagnosed the ill girl with witchcraft, which sent the entire witchcraft into motion. The town of Salem was under distress during the time and many were taking notice of devilish action due to the fact of a smallpox outbreak. Many blamed this on the devil. They were also uptight because they were in a rivalry with a…

The Salem witch trials all started with Tituba who was a slave of Samuel Parris. Several other girls joined Tituba in the kitchen in early 1692. People thought that Tituba and her group had a black magic dance in the woods. The girls would fall to the floor and start screaming and this behavior started to spread all over Salem. Soon after the Puritans believed that the girls would never put themselves under such a spell. They started asking the girls who did this to them and who tortured them,…

Even though she constantly missed home and was forced to do hard labor, she still kept her smile and positive attitude. She never disobeyed Rev. Parris and was there in his life experiences. For example, she was there when Parris met his wife, when he ventured into ministry to become and reverend and when his children were born. Because she lived with Parris, she knew a lot about him including his controversial secrets, which he tried to keep hidden. However, Tituba never did anything malicious…

The Salem witch trials of 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, was a notorious episode in American history. This historical event resulted in the execution by hanging of fourteen women and five men accused of practicing witchcraft. Furthermore, one man was pressed to death by heavy weights; at least eight people died in prison; and more than one hundred individuals were jailed while awaiting trial. The political discrimination experienced in Salem was the foundation for the trials. In 1692, the…

agreement with the laundress, Goody Clover. She then was hung for witch craft a short while later. Soon after, Samuel Parris is to be the new minister of the Puritan dwelt town, Salem. Townspeople are very upset and look to have him leave town for they are not willing to give up their hard earned money to a man from Boston. Shortly, two young girls, one being the daughter of Samuel Parris, start exhibiting behavior very much the same as the children…

The social climate caused by a lack of government, political tensions, and puritan lifestyle all lead up to the tension and hysteria of the witch trials. The black slave, Tituba, whose role in Salem was to care for the family of Rev. Parris, was accused of a witch because of her knowledge of foreign magic tricks and social status. She then falsely confesses to being a witch and confesses to knowing of other witches in the village, among them, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. Overall, the…