Though the tragedy of the Boston dates way before the Salem trials, it is in England, where witchcraft had been outlawed by the Parliament since 1542. A few years before Hibbins was convicted, more than several hundred people—90% of them women—were hanged under the largest witchcraft outbreak in their time. Many of the women accused had been members under the lower social caste, which is a common stereotype amongst most Englishmen. In addition, New England coloni

By October 8, 1693, more than 20 accused men and women have been tried and hanged in Salem, Massachusetts. Thomas Brattle, one of the most outspoken opponents of the witchcraft, criticized and insulted the trials because he believed that the public’s opinions were changing. Brattle’s letter caught the attention of Governor Phips, who wrote a letter of explanation to the Crown, saying that he stopped the trials because of the many innocents that were being tried and hanged. In addition to the abolition of the trials, letters of pardon were given to families whose loved ones were murdered under the trials. However, in an ironic twist of events, 26 years later, Ann Putnam confessed that she had acted the weird behavior, and had read an apology saying that the witch trials were a joke. Had it not been for the idiocy of Ann’s behavior, the Salem trials would not have existed and many innocent lives would have been saved.

sts attained certain traditions and values from England and made assumptions as to what kind of people witches were, what kind of practices they engaged in, and what supernatural powers they possessed. Though these cases present the earliest of witchcraft cases, however, it is in Salem, Massachusetts where the most famous of cases were recorded. The Salem Witch Craft Trials were probably the most repeated and well documented [witchcraft] cases in our history alone. The trials had originated from the Salem village, where 600 inhabitants were divided into two subdivisions: those who wanted to separate from Salem Town, and those who didn’t. The Samuel Parris was the local Reverend of Salem Town who lived with his wife, daughter, and niece. When a new village committee was selected in 1961, Parris feared for his job, but mostly for the sake of his family. Life in the Parris home wa

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