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"There are such strange people in the world, when a fly walks over their body, it must be witchcraft." Anna Roleffes said this quote during her trial after she was accused of witchcraft. It verifies that people were accused of being witches and wizards with very little and inconsistent evidence. However, more than 150 people were indicted, and 20 were executed. The chilling havoc spread during the winter of 1692 in Salem Village when a doctor "diagnosed" three ladies with peculiar visions and fits, with bewitchment. While the witch trials were said to get rid of witches, who were bewitching people and ruining lives, it was unfair and cruel because they killed 19 innocent men, women, and children, 144 people were thrown in jail under harsh …show more content…

Ann Putnam, Jr., and the other troubled girls began experiencing identical symptoms. A few days after a doctor examined the three girls and said they were bewitched, they identified the people they thought had possessed them. Those individuals were Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osbourne. On March 1, 1692, the three women were arrested and questioned. Tituba confessed to being a witch when interrogated and said many other witches lived in Salem. This confession sparked mass hysteria and initiated a massive witch hunt in Salem. On March 31, Abigail claimed to have witnessed a group of witches having a sacrament day at a house in the village. She claimed to have seen them drinking blood and eating human flesh. According to court records, during Elizebeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyces's examination, Abigail said they told her that the flesh and blood they ate was hers. Abigail went on to accuse 57 more people of witchcraft. Even though she accused many victims, she only testified against 8. Abigail disappeared for an unknown reason after her last testimony on June 3. It is thought that her uncle sent her away with her cousin, Betty Paris, to prevent her from participating in the trials anymore. Of the people Williams accused or testified against 15 were executed, one was tortured to death, and the others either died in jail, were pardoned, were found not guilty, escaped jail, or evaded arrest altogether. Neither Abigail Williams nor Betty Parris ever apologized for their roles in the Salem Witch Trials. Ann Putnam Jr. was the only one to apologize in 1706 out of the three troubled

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If the accused witches did not confess, they were hanged or pressed to death. During these trials, only twenty-four people of those 134 were killed, four of whom died in jail. The Puritans, who accused the witches and believed strongly in the Bible, thought a witch was someone who was overtaken by the devil. Overall, the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria in 1692

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Accusations of witchcraft began to surface, and soon dozens of people were arrested and put on trial. The trials were deeply flawed, relying on spectral evidence and confessions obtained through torture. Many of the accused were women, and their alleged crimes were rooted in sexist stereotypes. By the time the hysteria subsided, twenty people had been executed and several more had died in jail. The witch trials demonstrated the dangers of mass hysteria and the danger of groupthink, as people were swept up in a frenzy of fear and suspicion.

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Dark and sinister forces were going around Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. Over twenty innocent people were found guilty of witchcraft and were sentenced to death. These sinister acts at the time were thought to be happening by witches, but the truth of the matter is that it was actually being caused by a girl named Abigail Williams, who was seeking her vengeance on the townspeople. The girl named Abigail Williams was a teenager who had been seen dancing in the forest with her friend Betty Parris. This was considered a crime back in the 1600’s and the punishment was whippings.

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and I was about to be next to die a cruel cold death. The Salem Witch Trials took place in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. During the Trials 20 people were put to death and more than 200 accused for practicing witchcraft. Among those accused were Abigail Williams and Anna Putnam who just experienced fits or uncontrollable

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Abigail williams and a few others falsely accuse those in Salem

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Abigail first commits adultery with Elizabeth Proctor’s husband John Proctor. Later on, she accuses people of doing witchcraft which causes their life. Abigail Williams uses the Salem Witch Trials to put out all the resentment she has towards everyone. From this broad accusation, it shows how weak the human beings really are, and how greediness and to want for personal gaining. Many people die in the village after a series of lies and unjust practices.

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In January of 1692 nine year old Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams who was only eleven years old began to be accused of being witches. This was due to their uncontrollable outbursts and screaming episodes they'd have. Not too long a few other girls including Ann Putnam Jr., Mercy Lewis, Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Walcot, and Mary Warren started having similar symptoms. In late February, Sarah Osborn, Sarah Good, and Tituba had arrest warrants against them. The three accused witches were brought in for questioning by Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne.

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In a quote from Britannica state “Betty and Abigail claimed to have been bewitched by Tituba and two other marginalized members of the community, neither of whom attended church regularly.” (Jeff Wallenfeldt). Tituba was accused of bewitching these girls. On the other hand the other two girls; but the other two who were accused were Sarah Good and Sarah osborne. All three were brought up to the magistrates Jonathen Corwin and John Hawthorne, tituba confessed but the others didn't, tituba told that others in the community were alongside with her in the acting of the devil’s work as state in this quote “she claimed there were other witches acting alongside her in service of the devil against the Puritans.”

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In 1692, witchcraft trials in Massachusetts were probably the most famous trials of colonial America. The events surrounding the outbreaks of witchcraft in Salem are probably the best-documented witch trials in American history. In New England, in the 50 years leading up to the Salem trials, dozens of people were executed for witchcraft. Trials continued to crop up, and according to one source, a member of a mob killed a suspected witch outside Philadelphia’s Independence Hall in the late 1781’s. The victims of the witchcraft prosecutions were almost all women that were elderly or perceived as a drain on the community.

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In My mind the whole Witch hunt has been a popularity contest People are trying to rack up kills like a Call Of Duty session are the Hunger Games. “ Abigail Williams, fingered 41 different witches for attacking her’’( Schanzer 56). I believe she was trying to get more people to like her and comfort her since she had been “attacked”. Maybe she just wanted to get back at someone which leads to one thing revenge.

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and the other girls start accusations to be forgiven too(Miller 1). The girl's accusations put the people of Salem in a state of terror. Abigail Williams accuses her own friend Mary Warren of witchcraft. Williams pretends that she is in a state of possession and screams, “Mary, please, don’t do it!” W while the people around her stare with wide eyes(Miller 3).

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Of course, the news of this possible witchcraft caused hysteria and panic to spread throughout the town of Salem like wildfire. Abigail used this fear response to her advantage. She confessed to the town, who was desperately trying to find out who the witches were, and told them that she has seen others who have also had dealing with the devil. This cleared her name and also allowed her and the other girls to blame the witchcraft on people they hated (Miller). In the real witch trial, Abigail did indeed do this to clear her name because she knew that the only way of not being hanged was to blame others (Ray).

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People in the town of Salem are all furious and upset with the current witch trial that are taking place. The prosecution that the court has provided is that Abigail, Mary, Danforth, and Hale all provided factual information and truthful evidence to those that have been accused of witchcraft. They are trying to prove that those accused are practicing and using witchcraft, and that the accusers are trustworthy, reliable people who have no reason to be doubted. The main problem with the previous trial were caused by Abigail, Mary, Danforth, and Hale. Abigail Williams is an unreliable and untrustworthy person.

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A group of young girls began to behave strangely, complaining of physical maladies, visions, and trembling, and babbling uncontrollably. They blamed their behavior on three village women who, the girls believed, practiced witchcraft upon them. (“Salem Witch Trials” Gale). Women who were accused of witch crafted were imprisoned, then hanged, drowned and stoned (Karlsen). Throughout 1692, 156 women were accused of witchcraft, and 20 of them were sentenced to death (Karlsen).

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Doctor William Griggs declared all those afflicted bewitched and the village agreed with this statement. Indian slave couple Tituba and John were accused in the making of the witch-cake which all those afflicted had had. Tituba was reverend Parris slave, caretaker of Abigail and Betty. February 25 and 28 Sarah Osborne and Sarah Good also accused as the tormentors. The first three women to be accused witches were not originally born in Salem and Tituba was also linked towards the Indian war.

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