Salem Witch Trials

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Salem Witch Trials

• By Dwayne C

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Map of Salem during the witch trials
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Crucible

• Technically all the info the crucible gave us was
  true and exact but it left a few things out.

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What the trials were presumed to look like.
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• Nineteen accused witches were hanged on Gallows
  Hill in 1692
• 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
• One accused witch (or wizard, as male witches
  were often called) was pressed to death on
  September 19 when he failed to plead guilty or
  not guilty
• Giles Corey
• Other accused witches died in prison
• Sarah Osborn Roger Toothaker Lyndia Dustin Ann
  Foster

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Miscellaneousevents

• Nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris and
  eleven-year-old Abigail Williams began to exhibit
  strange behavior, such as blasphemous screaming,
  convulsive seizures, trance-like states and
  mysterious spells. Within a short time, several
  other Salem girls began to demonstrate similar
  behavior. Now whats weird here is Abby was only
  11 when she started witchcraft so how old was she
  when she was with John proctor

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Interesting fact

• Refuse to Stand for Trial
• Octogenarian Giles Corey gave this option a
  try.  Knowing the fate that awaited him if he
  stood for trial, Giles refused to answer the
  ritual question, "Will you be tried by your God
  and your country (that is, a jury)?"  The penalty
  for refusing to answer was peine forte et dure,
  an especially unpleasant way of going that
  involves piling heavy stones on your body until
  you either agree to stand trial or are crushed to
  death.

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A few questions of myself

• Where are the victims buried?This question
  remains unanswered. Because of the nature of
  their alleged crime, victims were not allowed to
  be buried in consecrated ground. Tradition has it
  that families came to Gallows Hill to claim their
  relatives and buried their bodies privately. A
  memorial honoring the victims of the witch trials
  was built in Salem in 1992.

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Pictures

• Sarah Goods Tombstone

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Rebecca Nurses tombstone
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Salem Witch trial Memorial