Because they were viewed as odd compared to other community members, three women struck out as the first witch suspects. The three initial women who were jailed for witchcraft were Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). These women were not like the others, they stood out in their communities because they were different from everyone else (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). Sarah Good was known for swearing and having poor manners leaving her with a bad reputation (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). Sarah Osborne did not attend church regularly and therefore was an open target to offending the church (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). The first women that was hanged for being accused as a witch was Bridget Bishop (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). “Bridget Bishop, a woman who was described as not living …show more content…
As a result of all of these initial trials, the numbers grew in how many citizens were executed only grew. Tituba had the most problems because she was an outsider, being a slave, she had no connections or friends in the Salem community. The ways in which these suspects were tortured and inspected was enough to bring shame to anyone living today. Many methods were used to determine if someone was a witch or not, some of these being very inhumane. The accused would be held in cold and damp cells and kept awake until they became sleep deprived (Pelka n.pag.). Family and friends were not allowed to visit and the prisoners would be humiliated. Strip tests were done to check the supposed for “witches’ teats”. Any mark on the person’s body that seemed out of the ordinary would classify them as a witch (Plouffe and Plouffe n.pag.). The marks that could change someone's fate included birthmarks, moles, warts, or even a certain color of eyes or hair. “A young girl was, seized… and shamefully stripped for the purpose of ascertaining whether she was a witch, with the Devil’s mark upon her” (Hoffer n.pag.). Physical abuse was