... prayer services meant to reveal the identity of witches that were afflicting the girls. Magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathan Corwin examined several girls and made accusations against numbers of people. Rebecca Nurse, Susannah Martin, Sarah Good, Sarah Wildes, and Elizabeth Howe were tried, condemned and then executed, for witchcraft. Most of these girls were under the age of eighteen and few ... evidence was given by one of the following ways: 1) self-incriminating testimony, 2) inability to say the lords prayer without error, 3) discovery of the devil's mark, (a small red circle) 4)...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... some of Betty's friends started doing the same thing as Betty, people started expecting something a little more than just an illness. Mary Sibley wanted to do a test. Back in those days people believed that witches and the devil used the dogs as a agent to is the command of the devil. Miss Sibley wanted Mr. ... Ann Putnam the daughter of John Putnam. The first 2 accused of witchcraft were Tituba and Sarah Osborn. During the summer of 1692 trials started to take place. Rebecca Nurse was a very respected women in the village however she was accused by two girls of "pinching" them. Howeve...

• Word Count: 680
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School