In Protestant England and America, witchcraft was considered to be a felony and the punishment for a felony was hanging. On the Continent of Europe, witchcraft was heresy, and the heresy penalty was death by burning.
First: When "hang" the definition of hang in a sentence in a method of execution, that past tense in "hanged" not "hung"
Second: On Gallows Hill in Salem.
It is assumed on a wooden Gallows but a contempoary poem, the Ballad of Giles Corey, states that they convicted were hanged on the branch of a loctus tree.
Yes 19 were hung, 1 was pressed. Many died in prison
EDIT:
Between 4-13 out of around 160 is not many. And the convicted "witches" were hanged on Gallows Hill.
Gallows Hill in Salem.
On Gallows Hill in Salem.
Gallows Hill in Salem.
They would tickle the witch
a lot of people
There was only ONE person pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials. His name was Giles Corey.
Torture was no utilized for getting confessions during the Salem Witch Trials.
There was no justice in the Salem witch trials. Innocent men and women died because of people's fears.
Nineteen people were hanged during the Salem witch trials.
They would tickle the witch
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.
John Proctor was accused and hanged during the Salem Witch Trials.
The convicted were executed by hanging.
There were no actual, practicing witches invovled, accused or otherwise existing in Salem during the witch trials.
There was only ONE person pressed to death during the Salem Witch Trials. His name was Giles Corey.
Torture was no utilized for getting confessions during the Salem Witch Trials.
outside of Salem
The Salem witch trials happened during the year 1692, the first to be executed was Bridget Bishop. In total 19 people were killed after being found guilty of witch craft, this is not counting the many people that they suspected died in jail.
There was no justice in the Salem witch trials. Innocent men and women died because of people's fears.