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they were almost exclusively innocent people who were accused for ulterior reasons. There was a preacher named Cotton Mather who was enthusiastic about the Salem witch trials. If a person were accused, Mather would have her thrown into a body of water. If she drowned, he said that meant she was indeed a witch. If she did not drown, he said that was evidence that she was a witch since few women could swim at that time.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe Salem Panic is unique because of who was accused. Not all of them fit the definition of the stereotypical witch like in most other witch trials. To this day we can find no single trait connecting all the accused except that they lived in Essex County, which doesn't really count because if the panic is in Essex County, the people involved are in Essex County.
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∙ 13y agofrom families associated with Salem's burgeoning market economy
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∙ 12y agoD. associated with Salem's prosperous merchant elite. These were the accused. The accusers, the ones that would call others witches, were from the poorer familes. Don't confuse them :)
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How do the residents of Salem define witchcraft?
They usually hang, but sometimes MAY burn them (witches, as they call it)
Who owned the tavern during the Salem witch trails?
The famous Salem tavern where some examinations of accused witches was owned by the Ingersoll family.
How did they kill Salem witches?
They usually hung, burnt, drowned, or cut them to death. EDIT: At Salem, they only hung the convicted witches. Burning was a Continental European punishment. Drowning was part of the water test and if you drowned you were innocent. And "cut" I can only explain as beheading. The only person accused of witchcraft to be beheaded was Anne Bolynn, and that was because she was convicted of treason.
What poision supposedly drove the Salem witches mad?
There were no witches in Salem. And the accused were not the ones who have a theory about poison. The accussers are believed by some to have gone crazy because of Ergotism, poisoning by ingesting Ergot fungus, that grows on wheat and rye.
What did the famous trials in Salem Massachusetts suggest that some people in that colony were?
superstitious and intolerant
How do the residents of Salem define witchcraft?
They usually hang, but sometimes MAY burn them (witches, as they call it)
What did they do to the accused witches at Salem?
The accused were arrested, jailed, and tried. If they were convicted, they were hanged.
How many witches were accused in Salem Witch Trial?
Between 150 and 200.
Who owned the tavern during the Salem witch trails?
The famous Salem tavern where some examinations of accused witches was owned by the Ingersoll family.
Thee main evidence presented against the accused witches in Salem Villiage was the?
The main evidence presented against the accused witches in Salem village was the raving testimony of young girls. 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. Twenty people, mostly women, were executed.
How many witches are in the world?
As far as scientist know, 0. The Salem Witch Trials, however, was a time when people were accused of being witches and were killed.
How was witchcraft practiced during the Salem witch trials?
There were no actual, practicing witches invovled, accused or otherwise existing in Salem during the witch trials.
Why were witches accused of being witches?
Only regular people were executed during the Salem Witch Trials. No Pagans. No witches. They were tried because the townspeople wanted their property, land, and possessions.
Why are people accused of being witches?
In the case of the Salem Witch Trials, people who were not strict Puritans and those who did not go to church as often as the Puritan community deemed appropriate were considered outcasts, and these were usually the first people to be accused of witchcraft.
Who where named as witches in the Salem Witch trial?
Many Were named ad Many were falsely accused a 19 Hanged
How did they kill Salem witches?
They usually hung, burnt, drowned, or cut them to death. EDIT: At Salem, they only hung the convicted witches. Burning was a Continental European punishment. Drowning was part of the water test and if you drowned you were innocent. And "cut" I can only explain as beheading. The only person accused of witchcraft to be beheaded was Anne Bolynn, and that was because she was convicted of treason.
What poision supposedly drove the Salem witches mad?
There were no witches in Salem. And the accused were not the ones who have a theory about poison. The accussers are believed by some to have gone crazy because of Ergotism, poisoning by ingesting Ergot fungus, that grows on wheat and rye.
