What Is The Difference Between 1692 And Salem Witch Trials

Centuries ago within the two years of 1692 and 1693, the Salem witch trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. During this tragic event, there were over two hundred people, including male and female, who were accused of being witches. Isolating the accusations, there were only about twenty or those people who were executed for the practice of “Devil’s Magic”. Such practice of witchcraft was against many religions, like Christianity (Blumberg). The trials begin in January of 1692 because of Reverend Parris’ daughter, Elizabeth (who was only nine), and his niece, Abigail Williams (who was eleven). The two girls were acting differently and very strange. The young girls did things unusually as if they were possessed. They would scream and say things that were not even words, also known as, “speaking in tongues”. Shortly after the experiences with those girls, a few more began to break out with

Out of these three, only Tituba confessed to being a witch. Osborne and Good were supposedly innocent. These accusations began the Salem witch-hunt (Blumberg). Afterwards, people in England began sending people to America to be tried for witchcraft. This was because witchcraft was a crime punishable by death in America. Soon, one hundred and fifty people were imprisoned. This does not include the sixteen people that were hanged in New England (Boyer). People were being questioned because of the assumptions made as being a witch. This search included Sarah Good’s four year old daughter, Dorothy (Blumberg). As time progressed, the questioning began to become more serious. It would never be more serious than the month of April, though. This was because Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth and his assistants began to appear at the hearings of those who had been accused of the practice. Dozens more were brought in after their first appearances