... of witchcraft. Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce were both examined before Hawthorne and Corwin. During this examination Elizabeth's husband John Proctor was accused and imprisoned. By mid April Abigail Hobbes, Bridget Bishop, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren were examined. Only Abigail Hobbes confessed. "On April 22 1692, Nehemiah Abbot, William and Deliverance Hobbes, Edward and Sarah ... Hawthorne. Only Nehemiah was cleared of charges" (Flemen64). In the beginning of May Lyndia Dustin, Susannah Martin and Dorcas Hoar were examined by the magistrates. "The first woman tried was Bridget B...

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... of witchcraft. Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce were both examined before Hawthorne and Corwin. During this examination Elizabeth's husband John Proctor was accused and imprisoned. By mid April Abigail Hobbes, Bridget Bishop, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren were examined. Only Abigail Hobbes confessed. "On April 22 1692, Nehemiah Abbot, William and Deliverance Hobbes, Edward and Sarah ... Hawthorne. Only Nehemiah was cleared of charges" (Flemen64). In the beginning of May Lyndia Dustin, Susannah Martin and Dorcas Hoar were examined by the magistrates. "The first woman tried was Bridget B...

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... were charged if not for property or the simple corruption of a few suppressed teenagers. In a way, witch hunts were like ridding the town of outcasts. The first to be executed, Bridget Bishop, was a rowdy, flamboyant woman who made the mistake of wearing a red bodice with embroidery and lace that no "honest" woman would wear, thus refusing to play along with a role in ... to give testimony against themselves. When the trial was over, if the accused were pronounced innocent, they could be brought back into court for double jeopardy. in the case of Bridget Bishop (who was accused of pract...

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... . As many people accused each other of doing witch craft throughout colonial Massachusetts, a special court in Salem had to hear the cases; the first convicted witch, Bridget Bishop, was hanged that June. Eighteen others followed Bishop to Salem's Gallows Hill, while 150 more men, women and children were accused over the next several months. Many families were ruined and they could not accept ... ...

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... of Hutchinson was not the last person to be hung on suspicion as a witch. The following were either hung by the neck until dead or they died in other ways. "Bridget Bishop, Sarah Good Rebecca Nurse Susannah Martin, Elizabeth How Sarah Wilds, George Burroughs, John Proctor, John Willard George Jacobs, Sr Martha Carrier Giles Corey, , pressed to death Martha Corey Farms Mary ... ...

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... and Sarah Cloyce, sisters of Rebecca Nurse who had expressed their negative feelings about the trials were locked up in jail. Dorcas Hoar of Beverly, Susanna Martin of Amesbury, and Bridget Bishop of Salem Town were all taken to jail to be put on trial because they had been convicted of committing witchcraft crimes in the 1660's, 16670's, or 1680's. Afterwards, many ... ...

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... this brutal torture for two whole days but then died on the third. The following is a list of all the people that were executed during the Salem Witchcraft Trials; • Bridget Bishop • Sarah Good • Elizabeth How • Susannah Martin • Rebecca Nurse • Sarah Wilds • Rev. George Burrough • Martha Carrier • George Jacobs • John Procter • John ... ...

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... of Elizabeth Proctor. So Abigail starts the accusations by saying, "I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osborn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!" Abigail's cousin Betty Parris, continues the cry with, "I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! I saw Goody Howe with the Devil!" From here on, the accusations grow and ... ...

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... and Sarah Cloyce, sisters of Rebecca Nurse who had expressed their negative feelings about the trials were locked up in jail. Dorcas Hoar of Beverly, Susanna Martin of Amesbury, and Bridget Bishop of Salem Town were all taken to jail to be put on trial because they had been convicted of committing witchcraft crimes in the 1660's, 16670's, or 1680's. Afterwards, many ... ...

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