How Did Dorothy Good Believe In The Salem Witch Trials

English merchants who took advantage of the natural harbor and the abundant fishing, founded Salem in 1626, which was named after the holy city Jerusalem. When people hear the word witches they imagine them as old women, who are into evil and enquire pleasure from inflicting pain and misfortune upon others in the name of an ungodly master. The trepidation of devil-worship and witchcraft swept through Salem, Massachusetts, like a plague. The words from friends, family, neighbors, and even complete strangers put the lives of many people in danger. During 1692-1693 more then 200 people, children, men, and women were accused of witch craft. While awaiting their trial, 3 including a baby died in jail, 19 were hung, and 1 was pressed to death.

Dorothy Good must have been a cunning witch, and apparently a wise beyond her eyes. When accused she joined her mother Sara in Ipswich jail, she was five years old. By the time the accused Martha Corey in March 21, 1962, through April 23 peopling including many of the village's leading citizens were sent to Ipswich in chains. They sent a posse to Maine to arrest former Salem Minister George Burraughs, who was described by one of the girls as a small black minister who tortured them and worshipped Satan. they brought him back to Massachusetts in irons. The arrival of the goner didn't slow things down, Phipps arrived on May 14, 1962, and at the end of May an additional 39 people were arrested and

Ann Putnam and Abby Williams were summoned to nearby Andover, where they accused 50 more people and they were mostly strangers. Fortify by their power, Putnam and several other precocious girls started accusing even more people. When they accused Lady Phipps they had gone to far, she is the governor wife, the minister of Boston was forced to step in. Thomas Brattle then wrote something saying that it is a mere fantasy of people and deprived and deluded by the devil, and not a reality to be regarded or minded by any wise man. His letter made a profound ripple in the colony. Phipps ordered any suspected witches freed from prison in May 1693. Families of the accused witches began petitioning the colony for restitution over the next several