The Salem witch trials was one of the most absurd and tragic events in history of pre-colonial America. A fine example of how believing in accusations and hearsay could affect a lot of people in a short span of time. the justice system is flawed and prejudice was allowed to reign over the people. I found this topic very interesting even though it is one of the most regretted in history. I’ve always been the type of person who likes reading all those weird and peculiar things on the internet. I’ve came across a few bizarre topics, histories, conspiracy theories, and other weird things you’d be curious about. I always had an interest with getting to know witchcraft, how it affected people negatively especially in the old times where they think …show more content…
They didn’t possibly think it was something else rather than bewitching. Because they didn’t have enough knowledge on illnesses back then. They didn’t understand it fully, but they concluded and made actions towards it. Even though they didn’t have any evidence to point out that witchcraft was to blame when the strange symptoms happened. The trials created a backlash, because it affected so many people, at a short span of time, mostly because of hearsay and a lying girl confessing at a court. They disregarded a person’s human rights just because of an accusation that they didn’t think or understand …show more content…
I think it is because, again they thought it probably was witchcraft. They had no idea that it was a serious illness. It was already established that they had limited knowledge about things that time. It was just recently that modern professionals discovered and concluded that it was, of course not witchcraft, but really just a bad case of ergot poisoning that induced hallucinations and the other strange symptoms that happened. As I said, what they possibly though were witchcraft back then could be something treatable by now. Unlike in 1690’s, they didn’t have proof to back their hypothesis that it was bewitching. But now that the reason behind the said incidents were already established and proved wrong by people who studied what might have happened back then. People might still believe witchcraft does exist in present time solely because they have no idea that it might just be an illness that they had no idea about. That the reaction of people around toward something can affect greatly on how things can be