Since this question is in the Colonial America category, I will start with the First supposed Witch known in Colonial America. According to the Connecticut Judicial Branch Legal Library, "Alse Young (sometimes referred to as Achsah or Alice) of Windsor, Connecticut was the first person executed for *Witchcraft in America. Alse was hanged at Meeting House Square in Hartford on what is now the site of the Old State House." According to Wikipedia "Very little is recorded of Alse Young; her existence is only known through her reputation as a *Witch. She is believed to have been the wife of John Young, who bought a small parcel of land in Windsor in 1641, sold it in 1649, and then disappeared from the town records. She had a daughter, Alice Young Beamon, who would be accused of *Witchcraft in nearby Springfield, Massachusetts, some 30 years later." Whether or not Alse Young, was an actual Witch or merely an accused innocent person, is speculative. The first actual Witch to have ever existed, is unknown. Some people have theorized that Joan-of-arc was an early example of a "broom-closet" Witch in the Christian faith. But anthropologically speaking, some Witchcraft customs pre-date her by several centuries... so she could not have been the first, even if she was a Witch. *It is proper to capitolize the terms Witch, Witchcraft, when speaking of real Witchcraft customs (or the perception of what may have been real Witchcraft customs.) These sources left the terms non-capitolized.
Typically it was people who were submitted to torture. Common methods included bleeding (pricking the suspected witch repeatedly with a pin in search of an impenetrable piece of flesh known as the Devil's mark), sleep deprivation, and stacking metal rods across the suspected witches legs until the weight became unbearable. Convicted witches would also often confess and repent of their sins before their execution, often naming other witches at the same time.
Tituba confessed at her examination in March.
Betty Pariss along with Abigail Williams.
Tituba, Sarah Goode and Sarah Osbourne.
The Salem witch trials is not a movie you idiot. They were a series of witchcraft trials that were caused by a witch hysteria in Essex County, Massachusetts, centering in Salem. Bridget Bishop owned an inn and was accused during the hysteria. She was the first to be tried and the first to be executed.
Joan of Arc was tried as a witch and burned at the stake.
the women did not have any rights yet
There was no justice in the Salem witch trials. Innocent men and women died because of people's fears.
The first three women to be tried in Salem were Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborn. Soon after these three women were accused, multiple accusations swept across Salem and many were put in jail or sentenced to hang.
Tituba, Sarah Goode and Sarah Osbourne.
The Salem witch trials is not a movie you idiot. They were a series of witchcraft trials that were caused by a witch hysteria in Essex County, Massachusetts, centering in Salem. Bridget Bishop owned an inn and was accused during the hysteria. She was the first to be tried and the first to be executed.
Men were accused, tried and executed in witchcraft trials, but less often than women. In Salem, for example, out of 19 hanged, 5 were men.
Not exactly. She was accused of being a witch and tried (and convicted) for Heresy in 1431. This conviction was overturned and she was declared a Martyr by the Church 25 years later.
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Joan of Arc was tried as a witch and burned at the stake.
On the Titanic the captain decided to use a women and children first protocol where seats in the limited number of lifeboats would be given to women first and any remaining space once the women were loaded to men. Some of the officers on the Titanic misheard this and tried to stop any man who tried to get on a lifeboat.
The first witch watched the second witch walk.
There was no one who was really a witch there. if someone decided they thought you were a witch you went to trial for it and the reason people were tried was because girls were having strange actions which doctors later concluded was hysteria.