According to the official records, eight persons (seven of them women) were hanged on September 22, 1682, the last group executed following the trials. They were Mary Eastey, Martha Corey, Ann Pudeator, Samuel Wardwell, Mary Parker, Alice Parker, Wilmot Redd, and Margaret Scott. Two other women were pregnant and so not executed : Abigail Faulkner died in prison but Elizabeth Proctor survived and was later exonerated.
Mary Phips, the wife of the governor.
The last trial was in may of 1693.
The accused in Salem were not subjected to European-style witch tests. That includes dunking.
The last person executed for witchcraft in the United States was a woman named Ruth Lee. She was hanged in 1692 during the Salem witch trials, which were notorious for the persecution of individuals accused of witchcraft. Although other accusations and trials occurred afterward, they did not result in executions. The Salem witch trials marked a significant and tragic chapter in American history regarding the treatment of those accused of witchcraft.
The legal proceedings in the Salem witch panic last from March 1, 1692 to October 8, 1692. The actual trials began on June 2, 1692 and ended October 8.
The last of the Salem Witch trials ended in may 1693
Mary Phips, the wife of the governor.
The trials lasted a year and four months.
The last trial was in may of 1693.
The accused in Salem were not subjected to European-style witch tests. That includes dunking.
The last person executed for witchcraft in the United States was a woman named Ruth Lee. She was hanged in 1692 during the Salem witch trials, which were notorious for the persecution of individuals accused of witchcraft. Although other accusations and trials occurred afterward, they did not result in executions. The Salem witch trials marked a significant and tragic chapter in American history regarding the treatment of those accused of witchcraft.
They lasted almost a year, not six months.
The legal proceedings in the Salem witch panic last from March 1, 1692 to October 8, 1692. The actual trials began on June 2, 1692 and ended October 8.
The trials themselves lasted 9 months. The hysteria last 16 months.
The last Salem witch trial was in may of 1693. The last witch trial was in Germany in the earky 1800s.
The last person burnt to death as a witch was in about 1783 (in Switzerland), around about the time of the French Revolution and American independance.
They lasted for a pretty long time but I'm not sure exactly. I do know that alot of innocent people were killed and it was very horrible.