No one of any significance in the trials was a Beard, but a man by that name wrote an early book on the trials.
In The Crucible, Reverend Hale was called to Salem during the Witch Trials. He was there to see if he could uncover any evidence of witchcraft.
Nathaniel Hawthorne was embarrassed about his ancestors because some of them were involved in the Salem witch trials, which he felt reflected poorly on his family's legacy. This embarrassment likely influenced his exploration of guilt, shame, and sin in his writing.
There are no advertisments for any trials, especially not witch trials from 319 years ago.
he trained in medicine
A person who believed in the ideas of the Enlightenment might have assessed the Salem witch trials as being abuses of power. He probably would have thought that the women weren't treated with the natural rights owed to people, including freedom from torture.
Both this period in American history and the Salem Witch Trials occurred during times of societal unrest and fear. The Salem Witch Trials took place in the late 1600s in Massachusetts when paranoia and religious fervor led to accusations of witchcraft. This period in American history could refer to any period, but in general, times of crisis and uncertainty can lead to heightened anxieties that may manifest in similar ways, such as through scapegoating and the search for supernatural explanations.
the women did not have any rights yet
After the trials ended, she sort of fell off the record because she lost any importance.
in 1702 the general court of Massachusetts overturned the convictions for witchcraft and in 1711 they granted compensation to the relatives of the victims bringing the whole sorry episode ot an end
No she did not run away, she was alone.She ran away with Mercy Lewis
You have made no sense. The Salem witch trials occurred in the colony of Massachusetts and was the latest in a string of witch hunts in Europe and America. It never spread to Europe or any other state.
They were subject to public ridicule, torched then burned and hanged. Not in any particular order.