Salem Witch Trials

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“possessed” by the mother of their family’s servant. Her last name was Glover. The investigator, Cotton Mather, described symptoms of the children and the accused witch in a published book which had a huge effect on the citizens of Salem. The four children were eventually cured through fasting and prayer. Glover was hanged.
On the outskirts of Salem was a small village of 500 people called Salem Village. Hanging on by their fingernails to Salem, they weren’t as politically strong as Salem. There was a witch hunt in 1692. There are about 500 surviving documents pertaining to what happened with the witch trials this year. 160 of these documents contain accusations of witchcraft. Warrants and death warrants were issued. This is how it all started.
Six young girls were showing signs of being under the spell of a witch. They pointed their fingers at a beggar, a slave named Titiga, and an old bed ridden woman. All easy targets. All women. And most importantly, they all didn’t ...

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witches out there in their perfect, puritan town. Paranoia set neighbor against neighbor in the small community.
How many others could there be? There are witches everywhere! Accusations of witchcraft rapidly spread. Unlike before where just lower class citizens were accused, upper class citizens were being brought forward. In 1692, the number of accusations continued to escalate. More than one hundred men and women were arrested. Relatives of these people were also accused and arrested. Even the four year old daughter of Sarah Good was accused and arrested. They had to make special chains to fit around her ankles and wrists because the normal ones would just fall right off. Some say ...

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