How unfair and how wrong it is to be accused of something you didn’t do. In the Salem Witch Trial, there were many innocent civilians who were wrongfully accused of witchcraft, all because of innocent child’s play. It was upsetting to read that blameless people were being killed by the hands of these evil children. The horrific event that occurred in Salem Village should never have happened, but it did, for that, numerous amounts of people died.
On January 20, nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris and eleven-year-old Abigail Williams began to have strange behavior, such as improper screaming, violent seizures, and daydreams. Within a short amount of time after they noticed the strange behavior of these girls, other girls within the village began to demonstrate there similar behavior. It was an epidemic, girl after girl were showing the strange an
People back then were either dumb or naïve; if little by little people were being accused of being witches wouldn’t they see something not right. From March through September people were being accused. Some confessed only to be saved from death. People were figuring out, if you claim yourself to be a witch then your life would be spared but if you claim your innocence then you were condemned to death. In a situation like that of course people would plead guilty. All were examined, some were let go but most of them were found guilty of afflicting the innocent. On October 8 after twenty people and been executed, Thomas Brattle wrote a letter criticizing the witch craft trials. This letter changed Governors Phipps opinion and ordered the reliance on spectral and intangible evidence be allowed in trials. On October 29 to November 25 Governor Phipps dissolved The C
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