19
Because she was involved with the Salem witch trials.
Hanging
NONE! No one was actually a witch in the Salem trials. However, 6 men were executed. And I have to make the point that in Puritan lore, a male witch is a wizard, not a warlock.
The Salem witchcraft trials were held in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. 140 were accused, 20 were killed.
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
Nineteen.
19 hanged 1 pressed to death 4-13 died in prison
The outcome of the Salem witch trials was the remembrance of a situation which casts Salem into infamy. A hysteria had gripped the town, and the people of Salem had senselessly killed a lot of people.
she was hung
Citizens of Andover and Topsfield went to Gallows Hill along with the Salem residents.
Because she was involved with the Salem witch trials.
Hanging
I don't know exactally the date, but people were accuesd of and killed for being a witch
During the Salem Witch Trials in Salem Massachusetts in 1692, 19 were hanged, 1 was pressed to death and as many as 13 died in prison.
The convicted were executed by hanging.
NONE! No one was actually a witch in the Salem trials. However, 6 men were executed. And I have to make the point that in Puritan lore, a male witch is a wizard, not a warlock.
They did not need to justify it, in their minds. They believed that there were witches harming children in Salem and that was a reason to go on a witch hunt. And if they ever had to justify their actions to a modern person, I suppose that's what they'd say.