Witch-hunt

Karson Phipps Dr. Patrick Funiciello History 1303.030 2 May 2018 Tituba The article “Historical Fiction and Maryse Conde’s I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem” is based on the French historian’s ideals about the reasons for Tituba to be accused of witchcraft. According to Conde, Tituba was one of the first witches of Salem to be accused based on race, gender, and her native Barbados characteristics on singing and dancing but there is very little access to her historically. There are small…

In 1692 in a town in Salem, Massachuetts, nineteen men and women were convicted of witchcraft and then hanged in Gallows Hill. Some were jailed without trials. On Febuary of the same year three young girls got sick. Doctors could not find the cause or the cure so they believed they were cursed. The three girls named Sarah Good, Sarah Osborn, and Tituba who was a Caribbean slave was accused of witchcraft. In the following month, Tituba admitted to the accusations because she could not…

The Theory of Ergotism as the Cause of the Salem Witch Trials There are many theories about the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials that took place in the late 1600’s. The Salem Witch Trials were an outbreak of hysteria leading to the deaths of many who were accused of witchcraft. One such theory is the outbreak of Ergot on rye bread that the villagers use as a food source caused the girls who started the panic to have mass hallucinations and delusions (L. Annika). The theory is that the three…

properly dispose of those who worked for the devil (Lewis). A witch was a threat to Catholicism, as in this time period the church was in despair of anyone who revolted against their theories. Witches, when loyal to the Devil, were granted “spells” to harm humanity; therefore, the church enforced Inquisitors to diminish the existence of witches. To be accused as a witch, simply the disposition of an innocent being gave the answer to a “witch hunter”. However, it was…

Andrew Pick Salem Witch Trials Research Paper The Trouble With Trials Sarah Osborne is an example of one of the colonists who were falsely accused of witchcraft during the period of the Salem witch trials. They used such excuses as she didn’t attend church regularly and that she had been married three times. There was not sufficient enough evidence against her to justly accuse her of being a witch but they did and as a result she ended up dying in a Boston prison. She was an elderly…

Anh Nguyen Research paper The Salem Witch Trials Religions have long been not only a controversial topic among societies, but it also played an important role as a foundation of the early North American social as well as religious life. As their main belief was that God should be involved in aspects of one’s life and worshiped constantly, any behaviors or motivation going against his will were all considered as sins, thus, they must be punished. One of the great way to envision…

The Pendle witch trial begins when Alizon device encountered a peddler named John Law. When Alizon asked John Law to do her a favor, he refused, leading to her anger and a curse being put on him. The curse left John with what was thought to be an illness brought on by a witch. John Law’sfamily took this matter into their own hands, going to the authorities of that time for help. The authorities went and asked Alizon a statement about what happen. They also asked for statements from her family.…

Devil.” Abigail Hobbs confessed because the jury said that if the accused confessed, they would escape death. but would have to tell them who else are witches and what were they to do. So since they proved they “witches”, then there would be more witch hunts. The loss of acres for the farmers help cause the witchcraft trials. In 1640 the acres from families were pretty good, especially in 1653 ish. Then from there on, the acres were decreasing and the Salem witchcraft trials started in…

What is a witch? According to Webster’s Dictionary witchcraft is, “the use of sorcery or magic.” By this definition, the term “witch” has been misused and misunderstood throughout history. Often considered a taboo subject, nothing stirs the pot quite like witchcraft. An in-depth study of witchcraft can help one to understand the mystique that surrounds it. European Witch Hunts (1300-1600) Witch hunts occurred long before the Salem witch trials. As Jess Blumberg from Smithsonian Magazine…

Nearly 200 people were accused of witchcraft, and 19 were sentenced to death from the series of witchcraft trajectories that took place in 1692 in Massachusetts. The Salem Witch Trials resulted in mass hysteria, but there are several theories about its causes. One theory claims that the Salem Witch Trails were ignited by the Puritan children. Puritans believed that playing and emotions were unnecessary and a waste of time. The Puritan’s strict conduct of work and religion intervened with the…