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Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings conducted in Colonial Massachusetts beginning in 1692 to prosecute people accused of witchcraft. Of the dozens convicted of witchcraft, 19 were executed by hanging.
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How does McCarthyism link with witch hunts?
McCarthyism was a witch-hunt because it destroyed people's reputations. It was very difficult for an accused person to prove that he or she was not a Communist, and McCarthyism adopted a 'guilty until proven innocent' mindset.
The Puritan colonists in Massachusetts at the time of the Salem witch panic believed that a witch was allied with the devil and did his dark work on earth. Basically, the human embodiment of evil.
Date of the Salem witch trials?
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.
Who was the religious group involved in the Salem witch trial?
The Christian Religion is the most infamous of the Witch Hunters, there certainly were others as well, but Christians were still burning women, children, and men, as few as a couple hundred years ago, and many Christian Zealots, who have murdered their own Children in the last few years, used such excuses as, the children were possessed by this or that, and Jesus told me to Kill them. Of Course if you're looking for the Main Sect Responsible, you must look to the Catholic Church.
How many people were accused of witchcraft in 1692 in Salem Mass?
The Puritans had no idea what number to believe there was. It just kept going up and up. It started at three. Then it went to 9. Then in the forties. Then into the hundreds.
We now know that there were no witches in Salem.
How are the Salem witch trials important to the history of literature?
The events in Salem, MA, of 1692 offer little significance to the history of literature. The trials are important, however, as a window into myriad social distresses. The powerlessness of young, unmarried women, land disputes, and the theocratic government of the time all came together to create ghastly injustice. Arthur Miller, the playwright of The Crucible, which is about the Salem Witch Trials, considered the events uniquely rooted in basic plot structure; a beginning, middle, and end were self-evident. Other than this insight, no literary value can be vouched for.
How did the people during the Salem witch trials get accused. how were they accused?
One of the afflicted began complaining of a person and others joined in. Eventually family of neighbors would fill out an official complaint with the authorities.
What date did the Salem witch hunt start?
The witch panic that lead to the Trials began in January-Febuary, 1692.
The Trials themselves first convened in June, 1692.
Why were puritans mistreated during the Salem witch trials?
This is kinda complitcated but basically there are...
THE ACCUSERS - teenage girls (samuel's daughter&niece in this group!)
THE ACCUSED - a group of women
THE MINISTER - Samuel Parris
HUSBANDS OF THE ACCUSED - group of men all AGAINST Samuel Parris
The Salem witch trials would be unfair because Samuel Parris is against the accused/husbands the people that are being tried. WHICH MEANS the magistrates would be biased because he supports Samuel Parris
If you don't get it read Salem (a play) or watch the crucible
DON'T READ THE CRUCIBLE, it's fiction not much of it is based on the real events from the time.
The Salem trials were actually fair. The legal preceedings were comparable to a civil court today and the judges were biased for and against Parris. They sort of agreed about witches, but no one liked Parris.
What are some theories as to why the Salem Witch Trials happened?
Lack of intelligence + misunderstanding of the Bible......basic Puritanism
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The first comment is what is charged with making people think the trials were morally right.
Theories for why the afflcited were afflicted include Ergotism, Encephalitis and MPD.
How was nathanial Hawthorne's family connected to the Salem Witch Trials?
Nathanial Hawthorne's great-great-grandfather was John Hathorne one of the three judges in the Salem Witch Trials. One of his novels that connects to the trials is The House of Seven Gables. In The House of Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne writes about a Pyncheon ancestor who "presides over execution of [Matthew] Maule for witchcraft" (Pennell, 1999, p.90) and then usurps Maule's land for his family. Shortly after finishing college Nathanial changed his last name from Hathorne to Hawthorne.
Nathanial Hawthorne's great-great-grandfather was John Hathorne one of the three judges in the Salem Witch Trials. One of his novels that connects to the trials is The House of Seven Gables. In The House of Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne writes about a Pyncheon ancestor who "presides over execution of [Matthew] Maule for witchcraft" (Pennell, 1999, p.90) and then usurps Maule's land for his family. Shortly after finishing college Nathanial changed his last name from Hathorne to Hawthorne.
When did the scottsboro trials happen?
March 25, 1931
Posse stops Southern Railroad train in Paint Rock, Alabama. Scottsboro boys are arrested on charges of assault. Rape charges are added against all nine boys after accusations are made by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates.
March 26, 1931
Scottsboro boys are nearly lynched by crowd of over 100 gathered around Scottsboro's jail.
March 30, 1931
Grand jury indicts the nine Scottsboro boys for rape.
April 6, 1931
Trials begin in Scottboro before Judge A. E. Hawkins.
April 7-9,1931
Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy Wright are tried and convicted, and sentenced to death. The trial of Roy Wright ends in a mistrial when some jurors hold out for a death sentence even though the prosecution asked for life imprisonment.
April -Dec., 1931
NAACP and International Labor Defense (ILD) battle for the right to represent the Scottsboro boys.
June 22, 1931
Executions are stayed pending appeal to Alabama Supreme Court.
July 10, 1931
On the date first set for their executions, the Scottsboro boys listen to the execution of Willie Stokes, the first of ten blacks to be executed at the prison over the next ten years. After hearing gruesome reports of the execution, many of the boys report nightmares or sleepless nights.
January, 1932
NAACP withdraws from case.
January 5, 1932
Ruby Bates, in a letter to a Earl Streetman, denies that she was raped.
March, 1932
Alabama Supreme Court, by a vote of 6-1, affirms the convictions of seven of the boys. The conviction of Eugene Williams is reversed on the grounds that he was a juvenile under state law in 1931.
May, 1932
The U. S. Supreme Court announces that it will review the Scottsboro cases.
November, 1932
The Supreme Court, by a vote of 7-2, reverses the convictions of the Scottsboro boys in Powell vs. Alabama. Grounds for reversal are that Alabama failed to provide adequate assistance of counsel as required by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
January, 1933
Samuel S. Leibowitz, a New York lawyer, is retained by the ILD to defend the Scottsboro boys.
March 27, 1933
Haywood Patterson's second trial begins in Decatur before judge James Horton.
April 9, 1933
Haywood Patterson found guilty by jury and sentenced to death in the electric chair.
April 18, 1933
Judge Horton postpones the trials of the other Scottsboro boys because of dangerously high local tensions.
May 7, 1933
In one of many protests around the nation, thousands march in Washington protesting the Alabama trials.
June 22, 1933
Judge Horton sets aside Haywood Patterson's conviction and grants a new trial.
October 20, 1933
The Scottsboro cases are removed from Judge Horton's jurisdiction and transferred to Judge William Callahan's court.
Nov.-Dec., 1933
Haywood Patterson and Clarence Norris are tried for rape, convicted, and sentenced to death.
June 12, 1934
Judge Horton, who had faced no opposition in his previous race, is defeated in his bid for re-election.
June, 1934
Alabama Supreme Court affirms the convictions of Haywood and Norris.
October, 1934
Two lawyers are charged with attempting to bribe Victoria Price in order to change her testimony.
January, 1935
The U. S. Supreme Court agrees to review the most recent Scottsboro convictions.
April 1, 1935
The U.S. Supreme Court overturns the convictions of Norris and Patterson because African Americans were excluded from sitting on the juries in their trials.Patterson v. State of Alabama, 294 U.S. 600 (1935);Norris v. State of Alabama, 294 U.S. 587 (1935)
December, 1935
The Scottsboro Defense Committee is organized.
January 23, 1936
Haywood Patterson is convicted for a fourth time of rape and is sentenced to 75 years in prison.
January 24, 1936
Ozzie Powell is shot in the head by Sheriff Jay Sandlin while attacking Deputy Sheriff Edgar Blalock.
December, 1936
Thomas Knight meets with Samuel Leibowitz in New York to discuss a possible compromise.
June 14, 1937
Conviction of Haywood Patterson is upheld by the Alabama Supreme Court.
July, 1937
Clarence Norris is convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Andy Wright is convicted and sentenced to 99 years for rape. Charlie Weems is convicted and sentenced to 75 years. Ozzie Powell pleads guilty to assaulting the sheriff and is sentenced to 20 years.
July 24, 1937
Roy Wright, Eugene Williams, Olen Montgomery and Willie Roberson were released after all charges were dropped against them.
October 26, 1937
The U.S. Supreme Court declines to review the Patterson and Norris convictions.
June, 1938
Alabama Supreme Court upholds the death sentence for Clarence Norris.
July 5, 1938
Clarence Norris's death sentence is reduced to life in prison by Governor Graves.
August, 1938
Alabama Pardon Board declines to pardon Patterson and Powell.
October, 1938
Pardon Board denies the pardon applications of Norris, Weems, and Roy Wright.
October, 1938
Governor Graves interviews Scottsboro boys.
November, 1938
Governor Graves denies all pardon applications.
September, 1943
Charlie Weems is paroled.
January, 1944
Norris and Andy Wright are paroled.
September, 1944
Norris and Wright leave Montgomery in violation of their paroles.
October, 1944
Norris is returned to prison.
June, 1946
Ozzie Powell is paroled.
September, 1946
Norris, paroled again, leaves Alabama.
October, 1946
Andy Wright is returned to Kilby prison.
July, 1948
Haywood Patterson escapes from prison.
June, 1950
Andy Wright is paroled. FBI arrests Patterson, but Michigan's governor refuses extradition to Alabama.
December, 1950
Patterson is involved in a barroom fight resulting in the death of another man. Haywood is charged with murder.
September, 1951
Patterson is convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 6 to 15 years. He dies of cancer less than a year later.
October, 1976
Clarence Norris is pardoned by Alabama Governor George Wallace.
July, 1977
Victoria Price's suit against NBC for its movie "Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys," which she claimed defamed her and invaded her privacy, is dismissed. Price dies five years later.
Jan. 23, 1989
Clarence Norris, the last surviving Scottsboro boy, dies at age 76.
What were the witches from Salem names?
There were not witches involved in the Salem Witch Trials.
The names of those executed are:
Samuel Wardwell
Wilmott Redd
Maragaret Scott
Ann Pudeator
Alice Parker
Mary Parker
Mary East
Martha Corey
Martha Carrier
George Jacobs
Geoge Burroughs
John Willard
John Proctor
Sarah Wildes
Elizabeth Howe
Sussanah Martin
Rebbecca Nurse
Sarah Goode
Bridget Bishop
How many people were jailed or executed for being witches?
zero. In Colonial America, witchcraft was a felony (a crime) punishable by death by hanging. However, in Europe witchcraft was considered heresy (a crime against the church itself) and punishable by burning at the stake. So the people of Salem hung Nineteen people and as many as thirteen people may have died in prison.
Which cultural group held the Salem Witch Trails in 1692?
The Puritans held the Salem Witch Trails in 1692.
Who was the last person to die in the Salem witch trials?
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.
What is the impact of Salem witch trials on the American legal system?
The Salem Witchcraft Trials had a large impact on the community. During the time of the trials, no one was around to take care of the crops, resulting in a poor harvest. Those who were accused, and put in jail, stayed in jail due to their lack of food and money. Today, many different scientists are researching what could have caused the girls to have their strange fits, and why the trials even started.
What happened to those who confessed to witchcraft?
Most likely they would have died, slowly.
In that time, if you were accused of been a witch (whom were mostly women).
You will be put to death, in one form or another.
Is the Salem witch trails real or fake?
Some of those living today, claiming they are, are.
Some of those living today, claiming they are, are not.
Most of those accused in the past were not.
Some of those accused in the past, were.
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In the sense that they were Pagans or Wiccans, none of the accused were witches. In the sense that they tried to use "dark magic" to reek colonial-farming and shipping town level havoc, there's about the same chance of a natural patch of ice in the Sahara desert.
What is a good book about Salem witch trials?
A really good book is Salem Witch. I don't know the author, but it has two sides of the story, one of the accused person, and the other of the the accuser.
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That is not a good book is you want to read about the trials because its fiction. I would suggest Witch Hunt by Marc Aronson or A Fever in Salem by Laurie Carlson.
How many people were accused and executed for witchcraft in Salem village?
1692 Salem, Massachusetts was the sight of the worst case of mass hysteria in American history! It started with the ravings of 4 young girls and ended with the imprisonment of hundreds and the deaths of 24 men and women all accused of the sin of witchcraft! When the infamous Salem Witch Trials were over, 19 men and women were hanged to death on Gallows Hill, 4 died in prison, and one defiant man, Giles Corey, was pressed to death beneath a board and stones in a torturous attempt to obtain a confession. 300 years later, many of the historic sights in Salem, Mass. are still preserved for generations to come. The Salem cemetery, (the 2nd oldest cemetery in the country), still holds the final resting places for many of the 'Witch Trial' participants and, though the tombstones are worn from time they are still legible. The gallows tree still stands, and the original homes of accused witch, Rebecca Nurse, and trial Judge Jonathan Corwin still stand as a reminder that "those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."
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Who was killed during the Salem witch trials?
No witches were hanged in Salem, only Puritans accused of witchcraft.
The infamous Salem Witch Trails (in colonial Massachusetts) were held between February 1692 and May 1693, and were not one single event.
It is recorded that as a result of the hearings, 20 people (both men and women) were put to death, 19 by hanging and one being crushed by a large boulder (no one was burned at the stake). In total 28 people were condemned to death, with 8 being reprieved or having their sentences commuted.
The sentences were carried out as follows:
10 June 1692 (1)
Bridget Bishop (hanging)
19 June 1692 (5)
Sarah Good (hanging)
Rebecca Nurse (hanging)
Susannah Martin (hanging)
Elizabeth Howe (hanging)
Sarah Wildes (hanging)
19 August 1692 (5)
Martha Carrier (hanging)
John Willard (hanging)
George Burroughs (hanging)
George Jacobs, Sr. (hanging)
John Proctor (hanging)
19 September 1962 (1)
Giles Corey (pressing)*
22 September 1692 (8)
Mary Eastey (hanging)
Martha Corey (hanging)
Ann Pudeator (hanging)
Samuel Wardwell (hanging)
Mary Parker (hanging)
Alice Parker (hanging)
Wilmot Redd (hanging)
Margaret Scott (hanging)
* In an attempt to extract a confession from Giles Corey, he was "pressed" beneath a stack of rocks, being 80 at the time, he never recovered and died on the 19th of September 1692.
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con's rebellion (1676) involved a group of former indentured servants who were now freed and roaming the countryside without work or money desiring Governor Berkley to punish the local Indian tribes for not allowing these homeless squatters live on their land. When Governor Berkley refused Nathanial Bacon, their leader, fomented a rebellion and they attempted to take over the government of Virginia. It soon ended however when Bacon died in the midst of the rebellion and his followers soon disappeared into the countryside. This rebelliion reflected the tensions between the land-holders and the non-land holders (Bacon and his followers.) At its heart it was a class struggle. The Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692) happened further north in Massachusetts when the daughters of Reverent Samuel Parris, led by his Jamaican slave Tituba began pointing the finger at certain older women in the township claiming they were witches. This too was a class struggle between the poor Reverend's family and the more wealthy victims of the accusations. Also, it is believed that the black Tituba may have been the victim of some racist comments or treatment in the township resulting in her pointing out certain inviduals she believed were responsible.
What was the population of the 13 colonies in 1600?
There were some 120 members of the third Roanoke voyage (1587) who tried to settle on Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina. Governor John White left the island in August of 1587 to return to England for more supplies. After he left there were no more first hand accounts of what transpired on Roanoke Island. By the time he returned in 1590 his colonists were gone. The next attempt at colonisation was in 1607 with the establishment of the Jamestown colony. So, it is impossible to say how many English colonists were in the New World in 1600. We do know that John White left, and we know that George Howe was killed while crabbing so that accounts for two of them. We also know that Virginia Dare was born on 18th August 1587. We do not know how many other colonists died, and we do not know if any other children were born.
Which federal trials are not jury trials?
Civil cases do not require Jury's captains mast under maritime law do not require jury. Punishment is considered summary and NOT suybject toapeal
