caused by economic and social tension that emerged from commercial capitalism,

conflicts between ministers and congregations, and loss of family land which divided the

residents of Salem town and Salem village. The first three women accused of witchcrafts

were lower class outcasts, but in March of 1692 a new pattern of accusations emerged.

The overall direction of accusations, were people moving upward on the social ladder.

Several men with large estates in Boston, members of the government, and many more

upper class residents in and around New England. The geographic patterns also bring to

light more interesting facts. It seems as if the village was s

brought with him Tituba, a west Indian slave. “Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.”

lethargica could have been confusing, therefore being the better argument of the two

had no idea how to react to the way the girls were acting and had never seen symptoms

Laurie Winn Carlson had a totally different explanation as to what occurred in

Some topics in this essay:
Stephen Nissenbaum, Winn Carlson, Carlson’s Doctors, Boyer Nissenbaum, Psychogenic Illness, encephalitis lethargica, hallucinations temporary paralysis, disease encephalitis lethargica, fits hallucinations temporary, fits hallucinations, hallucinations temporary, social ladder, girls acting, temporary paralysis, disease encephalitis, called witchcraft,