In total, up to people were eventually arrested because of the charge of witchcraft that was leveled against them. Many of those who stood accused were jailed for several months without a trial. Considering the fact that the death penalty was on the line, however, jail instead of a trial was probably a good option. So great was the hysteria of that the people in the Salem area were looking to purge anything that was remotely associated to a witch or witchcraft.
During the Salem witch trials, even two dogs were given the death penalty because they were believed to be working with local witches. This just proves that the loyalty and intelligence of a dog is sometimes greater than the loyalty and intelligence of their human masters. One of the greatest tragedies of the Salem Witch Trials was the concept of the familiars.
This was the name that was given to the evil spirits that were supposedly floating around the witches while they practiced their dark arts. These spirits could inhabit any human or any creature. The goal was to purge the evil the spirit. If a spirit is independent of physical form, however, how would kill a physical body harm a spiritual being?
The Puritans were brought into the Salem witch trials because of their reputation for practicing purity. This group was especially opposed to anything that was not modest, proper, and traditional to their faith. Elizabeth Balch, wife of Benjamin Balch Jr. Edward and Sarah were jailed in Salem and then in Boston, and their property was seized. They escaped from the Boston jail for a short time. After their trial their son, Samuel Bishop recovered their property.
In a affidavit attempting to gain recompense for the damages they'd suffered and to clear their names, Edward Bishop said they were "prisnors for thirtiey seven wekes" and required to pay "ten shillings pur weeake for our bord" plus five pounds. The son of Sarah and Edward Bishop Jr. In David Greene suggested that the Edward Bishop accused — with his wife Sarah — was not related to Bridget Bishop and her husband, Edward Bishop "the sawyer," but was the son of another Edward Bishop in town.
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Measure ad performance. Select basic ads. It seemed as if it was more of a warning rather than a simple document. He also goes into details about why witchcraft is real and a danger to the people, at the end of his book is plain to see that he is strongly convinced that only the guilty were executed in the trials and therefore they were all justified by this concept.
Another Key influential and important figure in the Salem witch trials is William Stoughton. Due to his arrogance unlike a vast majority of other magistrates , Stoughton never admitted to the possibility that his acceptance of spectral evidence was in anyway wrong. As a result, he was harsh in his active pursuit to convict and punish the accused witches who came into his courtroom. Both men believed that God would not allow any specters to take on the form of innocent people, so anyone who was seen in the form of a specter was guilty.
By making this exception, Stoughton provided additional information to the court that could convict accused witches. He was very anxious to cleanse the community of supernatural afflictions, and spectral evidence implicated more people and strengthened already existing cases. It became a problem so much in fact, that government had to get involved. Between the years and 93, the people of Salem Village experienced panic over witchcraft, the effect of which caused 20 people to be executed and well over accused of being witches.
The witch trials were a major cause for the persecution of people who did not believe in God, they were a catalyst for the spread of witchcraft and many people believed that witches were people who did not believe in god or those who had no belief in a God.
These beliefs were based on the fear and superstition, which led them to believe in evil spirits. The Salem witch trials were a very important event because they brought about religious change in the community.
This is when people started to think that God was testing them, and all things were possible and that he could be trusted. If you are a believer in God, then you will have faith those who did not have faith were considered condemned for their sins. Parris expresses un-puritan ways in the aspects of his religion, greed, reputation, attitude and paranoia. When you think about this time period there was no television, no radio, no entertainment, and lots of Bible reading.
He was married and had a nine-year-old daughter, Betty, and a twelve-year-old niece. Abigail was expected to earn her keep by doing household chores. After chores were done,…. The Salem Witch Trials were a terrible time for the little town of Salem. The Trials began in the Spring of when a group of girls claimed they were possessed by the devil. This sent panic all throughout the Village of Salem and led to more than two hundred local citizens being accused of witchcraft Worthen 1 of 3. The Trials came….
He had a wife at the time of the trials named Elizabeth Parris. He also not only had a daughter named Betty, but two other children. He had an older son named Thomas and a younger daughter named Susannah.
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