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What was it called in the days of the Salem witch trials if you floated you were a witch if you drowned you were human?
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∙ 15y ago
It was called "Dunking" or "trial by water"
No witches were ever found and the poor souls who were executed this way all supposedly made their way to their accusers idea of Heaven.
In Salem, those accused of witchcraft were given two options. One option was to submit to a trial, which consisted of tying the accused to a board and dunking the person in a "pure'' pond while the deacon slowly recited the Lord's Prayer three times. If the accused survived the dunking, the purity of the accused's soul was vindicated and he or she was set free; if the accused did not survive, guilt and sentence were simultaneously announced. No one recalled any acquittals as a result of this process.
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What American town is famous for witch trials?
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
What is the Salem witch tribes?
The Salem Witch Trials was in Salem, Massachusetts I believe where people were being accused of being witches and having the ability to perform magic. They sentenced these people to death and often would tie their feet to a brick and thought that if they floated they were capable of witchcraft. Now, this was a very stupid idea because everyone was human and they all drowned, so the townsfolk knew that they weren't capable of witchcraft, but if you drown, obviously you're dead. Pretty messed up times.
What was the court called that judged the Salem witch trials?
The Court of Oyer and Terminer
Is the Salem that Count Zinzendorf founded in 1753 the same Salem as the town with the witch trials?
No. How could a town founded 60 years after the trials ended have had them? The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts.
How were the trials during the Salem Witch Trials different from trials today?
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.
What American town is famous for witch trials?
The American town famous for the Witch Trials (called the Salem Witch Trials) is Salem, Massachusetts.
What is the Salem witch tribes?
The Salem Witch Trials was in Salem, Massachusetts I believe where people were being accused of being witches and having the ability to perform magic. They sentenced these people to death and often would tie their feet to a brick and thought that if they floated they were capable of witchcraft. Now, this was a very stupid idea because everyone was human and they all drowned, so the townsfolk knew that they weren't capable of witchcraft, but if you drown, obviously you're dead. Pretty messed up times.
Where were the Salem witch trials?
Salem, Massachusets.
What was the court called that judged the Salem witch trials?
The Court of Oyer and Terminer
Salem witch trials 1603 - 1606?
There were no witch trials in Salem in those years. The trials happened in 1692 and 1693.
Difference between Salem witch trials and Salem court trials?
its the same event no difference
Is the Salem that Count Zinzendorf founded in 1753 the same Salem as the town with the witch trials?
No. How could a town founded 60 years after the trials ended have had them? The Salem Witch Trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts.
How were the trials during the Salem Witch Trials different from trials today?
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.
Where the Salem witch trials started?
In Salem, Massachussets............. Salem Village
What city had witch trials in the 1690s?
They happened in Salem.
Were did the Salem witch trials start?
Salem, Massachusetts
What genre is the story of the witch trials of Salem?
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of real historical events in Salem, Massaschusetts in 1692, NOT A STORY!
