Nineteen people were hanged. One was pressed to death for refusing to make a plea in court. We know of four who died while imprisoned, but that number may be as high as 13.
Nineteen were hanged and one was pressed to death to force him to make a plea in court so he could be tried.
over 150 people.
During the Trials, many people either ignored their fields or were taken away from them so no one did much work. The forests around the area grew thicker as nobody spent time clearing them out.
I think you're referring to the theory that the affliction was caused by the fungus Ergot that does have hallucinginc qualities. The Ergot was ingested accidentally along with wheat or rye, not taken deliberatly.
Cotton Mather was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author and pamphleteer; he is often remembered for his role in the Salem witch trials. He was the son of Increase Mather, and grandson of both John Cotton and Richard Mather, all also prominent Puritan ministers. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials, the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in a variety of towns across the province: Salem Village (now Danvers), Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town. Spectral evidence is a form of evidence based upon dreams and visions. It was admitted in court during the Salem witch trials by the appointed chief justice, William Stoughton. The booklet A Trial of Witches taken from a contemporary report of the proceedings of the Bury St. Edmunds witch trial of 1662 became a model for, and was referenced in the Trials when the magistrates were looking for proof that such evidence could be used in a court of law. Early in 1692, a circle of young girls began to meet in the home of Samuel Parris, the Puritan pastor of Salem Village. The minister's nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and Betty's eleven-year-old cousin, Abigail Williams, were fascinated by the voodoo-like tales and tricks of the family's Barbados slave, Tituba, and soon they began to invite their friends to share in the entertainment. Before long, some of the girls in the circle began to behave strangely, complaining of physical maladies, reporting visions, lapsing into trances, and trembling and babbling without restraint.
Burroughs had been a minster in Salem, but had left and gone to Wells, Maine. He was brought back by authorities and imprisoned. He was found guilty. At his execution on August 19th, 1692, he recited the Lord's Prayer perfectly, something a witch supposedly couldn't do. The crowd wanted to release him but Cotton Mather talked them out of it. He died along with John Proctor, George Jacobs, John Willard and Martha Carrier.
In the aftermath of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1639, various public reactions to the events followed. Authorities wrote condemnations or otherwise provided commentary on mistakes made in the trials; a Massachusetts court decreed a day of remembrance for the victims in 1696; public apologies were made by some of those who had participated; whole essays and even books were inspired by the events. Additionally, extended family (and supporters) of some of those put to death acted to clear their records, erect memorials, and otherwise return honor that had been unjustly taken away from them.
During the Trials, many people either ignored their fields or were taken away from them so no one did much work. The forests around the area grew thicker as nobody spent time clearing them out.
I think you're referring to the theory that the affliction was caused by the fungus Ergot that does have hallucinginc qualities. The Ergot was ingested accidentally along with wheat or rye, not taken deliberatly.
In the late 17th century, Salem was a massively important port city. Most exports of the colonies would either go to Salem before being sent to Europe or taken south into the Caribbean by a ship whose home port was at Salem. Trade doesn't stop for witch trials.
It took place in Essex County, Massachusetts, New England, Northeastern United States.
I've heard this from a Holocaust survivor's son that usually, if entering and breaking in houses, the Nazis shot the dogs first. Mostly dogs who were considered the "guard dogs." Other dogs who had their owners taken away from them became strays I think like cattle did in the Salem Witch Trials when their accused owners were being imprisoned.
Lives, shops, and the thought of being safe.
Cotton Mather was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author and pamphleteer; he is often remembered for his role in the Salem witch trials. He was the son of Increase Mather, and grandson of both John Cotton and Richard Mather, all also prominent Puritan ministers. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693. Despite being generally known as the Salem witch trials, the preliminary hearings in 1692 were conducted in a variety of towns across the province: Salem Village (now Danvers), Ipswich, Andover and Salem Town. Spectral evidence is a form of evidence based upon dreams and visions. It was admitted in court during the Salem witch trials by the appointed chief justice, William Stoughton. The booklet A Trial of Witches taken from a contemporary report of the proceedings of the Bury St. Edmunds witch trial of 1662 became a model for, and was referenced in the Trials when the magistrates were looking for proof that such evidence could be used in a court of law. Early in 1692, a circle of young girls began to meet in the home of Samuel Parris, the Puritan pastor of Salem Village. The minister's nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and Betty's eleven-year-old cousin, Abigail Williams, were fascinated by the voodoo-like tales and tricks of the family's Barbados slave, Tituba, and soon they began to invite their friends to share in the entertainment. Before long, some of the girls in the circle began to behave strangely, complaining of physical maladies, reporting visions, lapsing into trances, and trembling and babbling without restraint.
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In the 1950's, Senator Joe McCarthy headed the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities. This was, in effect, a modern day witch hunt for alleged communists (Reds). People were ruthlessly persecuted, harassed and had their careers taken away from them by baseless claims of communist activity. They were prodded to implicate their friends, much the same way as people were encouraged to name names during the Salem Witch Trials.
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