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Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials. What Happened?. 10 months in 1692 Betty Parris & Abigail Williams “bitten and pinched by invisible agents; their arms, necks, and backs turned this way and that way, and returned back again…beyond the power of any Epileptick Fits, or natural Disease to effect.”.

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Salem Witch Trials

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  1. Salem Witch Trials

  2. What Happened? • 10 months in 1692 • Betty Parris & Abigail Williams “bitten and pinched by invisible agents; their arms, necks, and backs turned this way and that way, and returned back again…beyond the power of any Epileptick Fits, or natural Disease to effect.”

  3. Finding a Cause • Neighbor Mary Sibley & Indian slave Tituba bake a “witch’s cake” & fed it to a dog • February 29, 1692 = 3 suspects arrested in Salem for witchcraft

  4. Who was accused? • Unpopular Sarah Good & Sarah Osbourne, & Indian slave Tituba • By April 1692 = the girls name prominent church women & a former male minister

  5. What about proof? • Physical evidence like voodoo dolls • “Witch’s Teat” • Spectral Evidence

  6. Witch’s Hill • June 1692 = 1st accused witch executed • Peine fort et dure • Accused witches who confessed & named witches would not be executed • September 1692 = 100 accused witches in jail

  7. Pressure to Stop • Ministers of Salem spoke against spectral evidence • In Salem = 20 accused witches executed • In Early Modern Europe = 40,000 – 60,000 accused witches executed

  8. Invisible World of Salem • Puritans believed spirits and Satan were present around them • Witches made contracts with Satan • “Cunning Folk” • Conversion hysteria

  9. Visible World of Salem • East Salem vs. West Salem • Salem Town vs. Salem Village • Femme Soles & assertive Femme Coverts targeted

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