Salem Witch Trials Research Paper

Salem, a place where innocent blood was shed. Salem in the time of 1692 was a small village in Massachusetts with a population of around 500 to 600 people. People were all shaken up and fearing evil in the town because of the Indian war and sickness taking place near the small sleepy town of salem. A few women were accused of witchcraft by young children in the town who had seen them gather in a group of 20 women chanting and supposedly “worshiping the devil”. The woman who was leading the ritual, Tituba a slave of a family who lived in the town was accused of being the leader of the bewitching. People believed this because women at the time were changing and becoming more independent. The culture of all the settlers was changing as well. This led people to truly believe that women, men and children were being bewitched by witches in salem. The Salem witch trials were a significant time in history because the

In the spring of 1692 people all around salem were being hung for the belief of them practicing witchcraft. With a town of only around 500 people living there having 200 or more people being accused of being a witch was a very big deal. “People had begun acting weird and doing very strange things such as dancing and acting as if they were possessed by the devil himself”, no one knew how to explain these weird behaviors. Little girls accusing grown men and women of being witches and practicing the devil’s work, harming innocents in the community. Believing that they watched a group of women perform a satanic ritual. That scared the town forcing them to take action and start hammering down on all the people who showed the slightest sign of being a witch. The women being accused were considered less in the community. Women were more targeted because they were seen as weak and they could easily fall into the devil’s grasp (Adam and Eve in the