Salem Witch Trials
Jacquelyn Olson
The Start
Accused
Between 1692 and 1693 there was about 19 people accused of being witches
-June 10: Bridget Bishop,
-July 19: Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Susannah Martin, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Wildes,
-August 19: George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, John Willard, George Jacobs, Sr. John Proctor,
-September 22: Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Ann Pudeator, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Wilmott Redd, Margaret Scott, Samuel Wardwell
-More accused witches died in prison: Sarah Osborn, Roger Toothaker, Lyndia Dustin, Ann Foster,
-Giles Corey was pressed to death after failing to plead guilty or not guilty
Economy
Evidence
The top 5 ways to be "proven" guilty in the Massachusetts Bay colony
1.Bound Submersion- There hands and feet were tied together and you were thrown in with a heavy rock attached to them, if they drown they were a witch if they didn't drown they weren't a witch
2.Pressing-torture designed to make the accuser talk when a large rock was placed on there chest
3.Forced Confession by Dunking-Accused would be held under water repeatedly until they would give tell them what they wanted
4.Touch Test- When the accused would try to fight they would become calm after a hand was placed on them
5. Lords prayer test-Accused would be made to recite the “Lord’s Prayer” from heart without any error including stumbling-The importance of the lords prayer was that any body should be able to recite the Lord's Prayer without messing up under "God's Eyes"
Exacted
1. Hanging on Gallows Hill
2. Drowning
3. Pressing
4. Died in prison
Citations
"The Salem Witch Trials - The Colony and Accusers." About.com Paganism / Wicca. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
"10 Tests For Guilt at the Salem Witch Trials." Listverse. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.
"History of Massachusetts." History of Massachusetts. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.