The convicted were not burnt in Salem. They were hanged because in England and America, witchcraft was a felony and the punishment for felony was hanging. After someone was hanged, the body was thrown into the rocks on the ocean side of Gallows Hill.
Nineteen people were hanged during the Salem witch trials.
a lot of people
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.
They would tickle the witch
There was only ONE person pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials. His name was Giles Corey.
There were no actual, practicing witches invovled, accused or otherwise existing in Salem during the witch trials.
They really aren't. The Salem Witch Trials tried regular people accused of witchcraft and convicted in Puritan society. The Rosenburg Trials tried two people who were trying to spy on the US during a time of diplomatic hostilities.
Obviously, the Salem Witch Trials tried a very different crime. But, other than that, the Salem Trials were very much like a normal civil trial today.
John Proctor was accused and hanged during the Salem Witch Trials.
outside of Salem
Most people did not. Two cases of people who did are known to exist. John Alden sailed to Plymouth and Duxbury, away from Esseex County and the trials. Mary Bradbury was smuggled out by people who did not believe the accusations.