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5 dni temu · The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men).
21 cze 2024 · Salem witch trials, (June 1692–May 1693), in American history, a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted “witches” to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Danvers, Massachusetts).
21 cze 2024 · On September 22 eight more convicted persons were hanged, including Martha Corey, whose octogenarian husband, Giles, upon being accused of witchcraft and refusing to enter a plea, had been subjected to peine forte et dure (“strong and hard punishment”) and pressed beneath heavy stones for two days until he died.
7 cze 2024 · Interestingly enough, while The Crucible provided a terrifying glimpse of what people are capable of, the witch hunts of history proved to be even worse. Thousands of innocent people were prosecuted, including a four-year-old girl (who actually went to jail) and two dogs (who were executed).
1 cze 2024 · The Salem Witch Trials involved many people and several towns in Massachusetts. Out of those accused of practicing witchcraft, nineteen were executed via hanging, one was pressed to death, and many more would languish in jail for months before the panic ended.
1 cze 2024 · Susannah Martin, age 70 - an impoverished widow, was accused and exonerated of witchcraft previously. Sarah Wildes, age 65 - previously tried on accusations of adultery and wearing a silk scarf, had a long-running feud with her first husband's family. Executed August 19, 1692.
1 cze 2024 · A guide to resources concerning the Salem Witch Trials at the BPL and beyond. Not Just Salem. While the hysteria had it's roots in Salem Village and Salem Town, more and more villages and towns became "afflicted" as time went on: Amesbury - 1 accused & executed (Susannah Martin)
