WITCH TRIALS
April
This is a picture of one of the many witch trials that took place in Salem
LEXI VALLE
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Why women? Witch hunts Tituba Puritans [1]
20 SHILLINGS
1692
SALEM WITCH TRIALS One of the way they tortured people was hanging them
WHY WOMEN? “By the end of May 1692, Massachusetts jails were overflowing with more than 100 people accused of witchcraft.� (Stuart A. Kallens) The salem witch trials of 1692 was a
drowned, hung, and tortured to death
time in history in which many men and
between the fourteenth and seventeenth
women were accused of witch craft
centuries. The victims were women with
because they seemed odd to other people.
freckles, birthmarks, old women, uppity
At least 344 people were accused of
women, women with property, women who
witchcraft in New England between 1620
were healers and who continued to pay
and 1725. About 4 out of 5 were female.
tribute to Mother Earth and goddess
About half the men that were accused
religion and women who were mentally ill.
were related to the women accused.
Witch- hunting happened in New York,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia but most often
Women in their twenties, thirties,
forties and up into their seventies. But it
New England. The first witch to be tried
was women over forty who were most
and executed in the Massachusetts Bay
likely to be persecuted, at the time most
Colony was Margaret Jones of
women died before they were 40, so if you
Charlestown, in 1648.
lived past that they were suspicious. About 5,000 or more women were burned,
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Torture Devices These are some of the torture devices that were used on witches.
Tituba Tituba was an African/ West Indian
Puritans Most people in Massachusetts were
slave from the 17th-century. She was
Puritans- member of a religious group. The
owned by Samuel Parris of Danvers,
Puritan code was very strict. It was
Massachusetts. She was one of the first to
against the law not to go to church. The
be accused of practicing witchcraft during
Puritan lifestyle was rigid, people were
the salem witch trials. At first she denied
expected to work very hard. People could
that she had anything to do with witchcraft
not express their emotion and opinions,
but Samuel Parris beat her until she
individual dierences were frowned upon.
confessed to helping make a witch cake.
Their beliefs were transported by
Tituba accused others of witchcraft in her
emigration of congregations to New
confession. She talked about black dogs,
England. Puritans desired a holy life close
hogs, a yellow bird, red and black rats,
to god. The term Puritan was not intended
cats and a wolf. She also talked about
to refer as a strict morality like the name is
flying sticks to places. She said that Sarah
misinterpreted today, but to reform the
Osborne had a creature with the head of a
churches. The Puritans were absorbed into
women, two legs, and wings.
dierent religious sections in the late 17th
By talking about witchcraft she by
and early 18th centuries in the United
accident set Salem Village into chaos by
States and Britain. The Congregationalist
hinting that Satan was among them. Even
religion is one religion that claims descent
though she confessed and she was just a
from the Puritan religion.
slave, she was never tried or executed for her role in witchcraft. She was sent to jail, but later released. There is no record of where she went after this.
This is a picture of people being accused of witchcraft
These are pictures of the Puritans and a map of Salem in 1692.
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Advice Column Dear Mercy, I have been taken to jail and I really need your help. They have taken me to jail because they think I am a witch, but you know this isn't true. I could really use your help, it would be so generous of you. If you could just tell Adam Cruff that I am not a witch and if he needs proof I have plenty. Thank you so much! I hope to hear back from you. Love, Kit
Dear, Kit I would be happy to help you in this rough time. I will tell Adam Cruff and I will do all it takes to get you out of jail. I miss you and hope to see you soon, you are the best cousin ever. Love, Mercy
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adjective
unintrested
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noun
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verb
To envy someone
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verb
Cast a spell on and gain control over someone by magic
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noun
A dividing barrier between compartments in a ship
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7. Cloak
noun
a long coat
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noun
A river in Connecticut
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noun
The leftover of a liquid
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noun
The female head of a household
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adjective
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noun
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noun
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noun
A religious ceremony of the Christian Church that is a visible sign of spiritual divine
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noun
A large packed crowd of animals or people
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18. Wethersfield
noun
A town in Connecticut
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19. Wharf
noun
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20. Woolen jumper
noun
A piece of clothing
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“Her mother leaned forward, grasped the woolen jumper and jerked her back, smacking her down with a sharp cuff.” (7)