The Witch Hunt Of The Salem Witch Trials

The Salem witch trials and the Hollywood communist hunt are both the worst examples of the purification of American land and one of the worst moments of American history. Over hundreds of people were innocently killed or died because of the accusations against them. They both had ridiculous ways to point people for what they were hunting for. Life was hard back then and so were the beliefs of their certain customs. But I never said there was never supporters, but many lacked confidence and courage to be in the public and that silence costed many, soon it was a phase of American history.

Massachusetts Bay Colony, first settled into in 1630, was overwhelmingly controlled by Puritans. Their goal was to establish colonies based on the word of God. Salem, like many other towns at the time, had little distinction between church and state and focused all aspects of their society on God. (Roach) Due to these conditions, Salem became the site of the largest and most violent witch hunts in America. The significance of the trials comes from the large impact they had on American law. The conditions before, during, and after the Salem Trials were unlike the witch hunts in any other colonies in the New World or in Europe. However, towns and cities being struck with fear of the Devil were a common occurrence throughout the sixteenth century.

In 1692, 19 women were hung and 200 more were accused of witchcraft. All because of the strange actions of 8 young girls. These 8 girls showed signs of being possessed by the Devil. They had seizures, trances, delusions and extreme illness unexpectedly. Fear of being killed by the Indians and worry that there was not enough food and water put the level of tension at a new high for the villages, spread this hysteria faster than wildfire.

During the seventeenth century Salem, Massachusetts is a seaport town populated mostly by Puritan colonists who came over from England in the seventeenth century. Beliefs of witchcraft came over with the settlers who, if caught practicing, was punishable by death. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of court cases in 1692 revolving around witchcraft where over hundred people were accused, nineteen were hanged, and one was pressed to death.

Known as the trial of the century, it sparked a sequence of events that are remembered in history today as the infamous Salem Witch Trials. In the spring of 1692, citizens of Salem, Massachusetts, were accused of practicing the sin witch craft. Nineteen people were hung over the course of the trials, each of them civilians who were fellow residents to the accusers during the trials. The witches that were executed though did not go silent into the night, few stood up for themselves and fought for their own innocence. Along with the help of some companions, the townsfolk who were put on trial were able to voice their opinion on their execution.

During the time period of June to September 1692, twenty people were unjustly murdered after trials found them guilty of acts of witchcraft. The series of hearings and prosecutions of the accused witches in colonial Massachusetts marks one of the nation 's most notorious cases of mass hysteria. The reasons behind the trials and deaths are complex and multifaceted. Internal disputes, strict religious lifestyles, accusations from young children, witch hunting methods, spectral evidence, and even some medical theories all stand as causes of the Salem Witch Trials.

Witchcraft was defined as the act of invoking spiritual powers to accomplish a supernatural task- such as placing a curse upon a neighbor or predicting the future (Goss 1). In the belief of the ancient Israelites, being able to tell the future was limited to the realm of God was considered a form of witchcraft; these were also the beliefs of the puritans. The Puritans were a group of Christians, similar to the Pilgrims, envisioned a reformed Christian society; eventually they fled England to Massachusetts Bay. In 1628, the resident governor John Endicott was given the task to prepare Massachusetts Bay for the arrival of thousand of English Puritans fleeing the antagonistic Anglican Church. When these Witch Trials

Our country has been affected by the harsh results of witch hunts for centuries, each one has left an even larger scar in US history. These witch hunts have stretched from 1692, the Salem trials , through the 40’s and 50’s. These decades consisted of many citizens lost their life savings, and jobs. The witch hunts still haunt us today in current presidential elections. Each one of these hunts were all powered by the same characteristics that could have been avoided. Worst of all, they even lead to the death of many innocent people that were accused of acts they did not do. Mass hysteria is fueled by the terrible forces of false accusations, jealousy, abuse of power and instilling fear on innocent people.

The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearing and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in the colony of Massachusetts. This whole theory of witchcraft came when a few girls started acting strange and were taken before the judge because they were accused of witchcraft. When they were brought before the judge one of the girls admitted to witchcraft hoping that it would get her out of trouble. Instead she was hung as well as all the others girls because of this. Over time, 24 individual people, mostly women, were hung for practicing witchcraft. All women were hung except one man named Giles Corey. He was pressed to death. The town of Salem was worried that these people who were accused of witchcraft would spread and more people would

Some courts and social service workers are unable to identify signs of child abuse and child abuse that goes unnoticed can create some very violent outcomes. This can be best shown in the cases of Jacob Ind and Nathan Ybanez, two juveniles in Colorado, who killed their parents. Both Ind and Ybanez were abused physically, emotionally, and sexually by their parents. When Jacob Ind’s older brother went to social services to ask them to help his brother, they didn’t even open an investigation into his report. As a result Ind continued to suffer abuse at home until he couldn’t take it any longer and he killed his mother and stepfather.

Have you ever heard of or about the Salem witch trials? Or anything like the witch hunts? Well I have and say that Betty & Abigail were acting because if you have seen or read articles about the Salem witch Trials you could notice as I did that Betty & Abigail and the other girls were just joking. And that they were only doing the supposed bewitched or possessed acting to blame someone whom was tracking down their steps. And other times they would act up only when when they saw the accused witch. And I am going prove that the girls weren’t possessed and that they were faking it. Because they blamed family, they mimic the supposed witches. And they would blame people to cover up their steps.

Salem Village is located on the northeast coast of Massachusetts. The settlements first title was Naumkeag but was changed to Salem, meaning peace, because it was preferred. Salem was founded in 1626, and is best remembered for the witch hysteria beginning in 1692. A few girls started acting deranged and crazed. A doctor diagnosed them as bewitched, leading to trials and hunts for accused witches. These witch trials and hunts caused nineteen people to be hung and caused one person to be pressed to death. There were more than 150 accusations of witchcraft during this period. There were many factors that contributed to the witch hunt happening. The superstitious and religious beliefs of the people as well as political, economic and

The story of the Salem Witch Trials is a sad and convoluted one that shows the impact of supposition spun out of control. What began with the mysterious symptoms exhibited by a few young girls eventually over took the entire community. As pressure was placed upon the accused and the accusers more were drawn into the affair some used it as a convenient opportunity to settle other scores under the guide of saving the community from witchcraft.

According to Child Rescue Network, over 2,100 child abduction cases are reported each day in the United States. This amounts to a total of 766, 500 cases in a single year and in over 50% of the cases, the child kidnaped, shows signs of sexual abuse from their perpetrators when they are rescued. In 1991, an 11 year-old girl, Jaycee Dugard, happened to be one of these 2,100 cases. Phillip and Nancy Garrido stole Jaycee from her California home and kept her as a prisoner. While many thought it would be a short case, Jaycee’s case lasted for 18 years. Jaycee’s also showed multiple signs of sexual abuse when she was finally able to travel back home. At age 14, she gave birth to Phillip’s daughter, and in 3 more years, birthed his second daughter.

(The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trials: A Commentary) In 1983, Judy Johnson, a parent of a two and a half-year-old attendee of McMartin Preschool, placed a call to the Manhattan Beach Police Department. She claimed that her son had been molested by 25-year-old, preschool aide, Ray Buckey. After the police heard this information, they sent a letter to the