It depends on which set of trials you are speaking of. If you are speaking of the Burning Times, there were thousands of men, women and even children persecuted for Witchcraft. In Salem there was also a ton of people accused but only 13 were unknown. Historians argued that those women accused held fertile land that could be used so neighbors who accuse them, it is also argued that those who started the trials suffered from psychological disorders. Regardless many were killed in Salem for no reason.
SALEM VICTIMS
Hanged:
Bridget Bishop, Salem
Sarah Good, Salem Village
Rebecca Nurse, Salem Village
Susannah Martin, Amesbury
Elizabeth How, Ipswich
Sarah Wilds, Topsfield
George Burroughs, Wells, Maine
John Proctor, Salem Village
John Willard, Salem Village
George Jacobs, Sr., Salem Town
Martha Carrier, Andover
Giles Corey, Salem Farms, pressed to death
Martha Corey, Salem Farms
Mary Eastey, Topsfield
Alice Parker, Salem Town
Ann Pudeater, Salem Town
Margaret Scott, Rowley
Wilmott Reed, Marblehead
Samuel Wardwell, Andover
Mary Parker, Andover
Pressed To Death:
Giles Corey, Salem Farms
Died In Prison:
Sarah Osborne, Salem Village
Roger Toothaker, Billerica
Lyndia Dustin, Reading
Ann Foster, Andover
Yes, she was. Unfortuantely it is difficult to find the reasons for her arrest, but she was definitely accused of being a witch.
The French accussed Joan of being a heretic because she claimed that god told her how to defeat the English army near Orleans.
of claiming to be thet son of god, a king.
John Wilkes Booth
It depends very much on where they are.
Joan was never accused as being a witch but as a heretic.
A witch was punished by being dunked or hanged
Countless people.
Tituba
they were thrown into deep water and if they floated they were deemed a witch. this basically made anyone accused of being a witch a witch because all humans float. they were thrown into deep water and if they floated they were deemed a witch. this basically made anyone accused of being a witch a witch because all humans float.
Being Hanged
I've just asked myself this question! After being accussed of possessing this characteristic! So humans can potential plod! But hhmm.. I don't know! :(