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Salem Witchcraft Trials

Salem Witchcraft Trials. Harrison Chen Irene Peng Melody Lin Danny Ng Penalora AP Language and Composition Period 4 12 November 2008. Politicians & Public Figures. William Phips. Nominated to be first Royal Governor of Massachusetts Created Court of Oyer and Terminer

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Salem Witchcraft Trials

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  1. Salem Witchcraft Trials Harrison Chen Irene Peng Melody Lin Danny Ng Penalora AP Language and Composition Period 4 12 November 2008

  2. Politicians & Public Figures William Phips • Nominated to be first Royal Governor of Massachusetts • Created Court of Oyer and Terminer • Placed prominent and experienced men of Boston and Salem • Put William Stoughton in charge

  3. Politicians & Public Figures William Phips • Even own wife, Lady Mary Phips was named • On October 1692, ordered spectral evidence and testimony insufficient • 3 weeks later, prohibited further arrests • Released 49 of 52 in jail

  4. Politicians & Public Figures (cont.) Thomas Putnam • Putnam filed complaints for afflicted girls • Emphasized that the Devil was attempting to spread evil in Salem • Told judges they would receive praise and reward when Jesus was resurrected • Accused Reverend George Burroughs of being ringleader of witches The Putnam House

  5. Politicians & Public Figures (cont.) • Claimed that the person pressed to death Giles Corey wanted the same fate for Giles Corey • 122 of the depositions of the afflicted girls were written by Thomas Putnam • Had chance to shape words of the accusers as he saw fit

  6. Politicians & Public Figures (cont.) Thomas Brattle • Wrote “Clerical Correspondent” • Liberal in politics and religion • Organized Brattle Street Church • Thinks the trials were wrong.

  7. Politicians & Public Figures (cont.) Brattle Street Church • People escape arrest due to social position. • “Did not heal the grievance, but compounded the evil” • Became unpopular with the Puritans

  8. Died in Prison Sarah Osborne • Married Robert Prince who owned 150-acre farm next to John Putnam, but died prematurely • Hired Alexander Osborne as a servant • Married him shortly afterwards • Attempted to take over her children’s inheritance money from deceased spouse • Accused of witchcraft in 1692 along with Tituba and Sarah Good

  9. Died in Prison (cont.) • Never confessed and did not accuse anyone • She claimed that “the devil could take the shape of another person without their compliance” • Osborne died shackled in prison at age 49; died before tried

  10. Pressed to Death • 80 year old man • Refused to stand for the trial • Given the sentence of peine forte et dure • Only person in American history to be pressed to death by order of the court Giles Corey

  11. Pressed to Death (cont.) • No forfeiture of estate by conviction under English and Massachusetts law • No one else was proven innocent • Thought the jury already found him guilty Corey being crushed by stones

  12. Quiz • Who was granted a reprieve and had it subsequently withdrawn? • Who was accused of being the ringleader of the witches in Salem? • What was the name of Sarah’s servant? • What type of apparel was Corey wearing when he was interrogated? • What is Thomas Brattle’s religion?

  13. Work Cited • Bogunovich, Peter. "Thomas Brattle (6158-1713)." Temple University. 7 Feb. 2004. 11 Nov. 2008 . • Carroll, Meghan. "Sarah Osborne." Salem Witch Trials. University of Virginia. 09 Nov. 2008 <http://www.iath.virginia.edu/salem/people/osborne.html>. • Dignan, Brendan. "William Phips." Salem Witch Trials. The University of Virginia. <http://www.iath.virginia.edu/salem/people/phips.html>. • Fore, Joseph. "Thomas Putnam." Salem Witch Trials. The University of Virginia. <http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu:8090/saxon/servlet/saxonservlet?source=salem/texts/bios.xml&style=salem/xsl/dynaxml.xsl&chunk.id=b46&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes>. • “Giles Corey.” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 06 Nov. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Corey> • Linder, Douglas. “Giles Corey.” Famous American Trials. 06 Nov. 2008 <http://www.law.umkc,edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_BCOR.html> • Madden, Mathew. "Thomas Brattle." Salem Witch Trials. Jan. 2001. 11 Nov. 2008 <http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu:8090/saxon/servlet/saxonservlet?source=salem/texts/bios.xml&style=salem/xsl/dynaxml.xsl&chunk.id=b2&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes>. • Mayer, Kelly. "William Phips." Salem Witch Trials. The University of Virginia. <http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu:8090/saxon/servlet/saxonservlet?source=salem/texts/bios.xml&style=salem/xsl/dynaxml.xsl&chunk.id=b22&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes>. • "Sarah Osborne." 09 Nov. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sarah_osborne>. • Snyder, Heather. “Giles Corey.” Salem Witch Trials. 06 Nov. 2008 http://www.iath.virginia.edu/salem/prople/gilescorey.html • "Thomas Putnam." <http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/thomas_putnam>.

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