Salem Witch Trials
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A witch or hag is she which being [d]eluded by a league made with the devil through his persuasion, inspiration and juggling, thinketh she can design what matter of evil things soever, either by thought or imprecation, as to shake the air with lightnings and thunder, to cause hail and tempests, to remove green corn and trees to another place, to be carried of her familiar (which hath taken upon him a deceitful shape of a goat, swine, calf, etc) into some mountain far distant, in a wonderful short space of time, and sometimes to fly upon a staff or fork, or some other instrument, and to spend all the night after with her sweetheart, in playing, sporting, banqueting, dancing, dalliance, and divers other devilish lusts and lewd disports, and to show a thousand such monstrous mockeries" 'The Kinds of Witches' û William West, Simboleography (London, 1594), quoted in The Burning Times.The Salem Witch Trials are probably one of the most infamous events in early American history. The truth behind the events of 1692 and 1693 are quite different from the accounts sanitized and exploited for Hollywood dollars. This paper will discuss the history of the witch trials; provide documented information regarding the survivors of the accused and present how the town capitalizes on these events. This paper will conclude with critical analysis of this capitalization. To begin to understand the witch trials, one must first examine the controlling factors in place in 1692 Salem.
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er and Terminer occurs. Bridget Bishop is the first suspect to be pronounced guilty and condemned to death.
June 10: Bridget Bishop is hanged in Salem in the first official execution of the Salem trials.
July: The Andover witch-hunt begins.
July 19: Rebecca Nurse and Sarah Good are executed.
August 2-6: John and Elizabeth Proctor are tried and
condemned.
October 8: After the executions of 20 people, Thomas Brattle writes a letter of criticism to Governor Phips. Phips orders that reliance on intangible evidence is banned.
October 29: Governor Phips ends the Court of Oyer and Terminer.
November 25: The Superior Court is created to try the rest of the witchcraft cases in May 1693. No one is convicted in these trials.
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It is unclear where the victims were buried and the question remains unanswered until today. The nature of the alleged crime dictated that the victims could not be allowed burial in consecrated ground. Folk legend relates that families were given permission to come to Gallows Hill to claim relatives and bury the bodies privately. In 1992, a memorial was built to honor the victims of the witch trials. It was thought that through this act the
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Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)
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