... court was Bridget Bishop, she was found guilty and was hanged on June 10th. Soon after the first accusing the found Sarah Good, Sarah Wilds, Elizabeth How, Susanna Martin, and Rebecca Nurse all guilty and they were hanged on July 19th. Also, hanged on the19th included John Proctor, George Burroughs, George Jacobs, John Willard, and Martha Carrier. Many people voiced their ... by her pregnancy Bridget Bishop hanged George Burroughs hanged Martha Carner hanged Martha Corey hanged Mary Esty hanged Sarah Good hanged Elizabeth How hanged George Jacobs hanged Susanna Martin hanged Rebecca Nur...

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... the first accusations, Anne Putnam accused Martha Corey of afflicting her. Martha Corey was considered an outspoken and opinionated woman not well liked despite her attending church on a regular basis. Rebecca Nurse was the next to be accused of witchery. However, she was not perceived to be a likely witch because she was kind-hearted, generous, and well liked among the community ... of witchcraft. Most of the evidence in each case was based on speculations and nothing concrete. Those speculations nonetheless cost the lives of the accused in many cases, of them Rebecca Nurse. With all t...

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... their social status.7 Therefore, women gained much confidence from the accusations they had made, and so they fearlessly began to target children, men, including two ministers, honorable women such as Rebecca Nurse, and a handful of members of Boston's ruling elite, including Mary Phips, Samuel Willard, and Mistress Moody. Ultimately, what put an end to these trials were the accusations pointing at ... ...

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... of the accused had records of unlawful pastimes, including witchery, but others were faithful churchgoers and people of high status in society. From Mid-March to early April, Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth Proctor, and Sarah Cloyce were accused of witchcraft. Soon after Corey, Nurse, and proctor were examined before Magistrates Hathorne, Corwin, Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth, and Captain Samuel Sewall ... ...

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... a slave, and was accused because she was unimportant. Some people also believed she was a heathen, because she had a different religion. Later, the richer, and more respected members were accused, like Rebecca Nurse, and a former minister. The trials started to spread to other towns. Andover was one of them. In Andover, the wife of a man named Joseph Ballard's had been sick for ... ...

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