Whenever she was asked about the accusations, she would act aggressive and that would make people believe she was in fact a witch. Sarah Good is only one out of the three accused. Sarah Osborne was also one of the accused of doing spells and possessing the girls.
She was from a very wealthy household, unlike Sarah Good and Tituba. Most of the time poor people were accused of being witches but in this case, it was different. All three women were thoroughly examined by Salem officials before being set off to await trial in the Boston jail house. Sarah Good insisted that she was not guilty and did not hurt the innocent girls. She tried to blame everything on Sarah Osborne. While this was taking place, Tituba confessed due to being afraid her master. How it works.
She claimed she had made a pact with the devil and was only returning service and loyalty to him. Tituba told the judge she seen Good and Osborne doing the witchcraft.
The number of women accused was quite large. Soon enough, every person that was accused of being a witch was jailed just to be sure. If you would like to research the topic, we have several books that deal with the history of this incident. Particularly interested in the trials?
Do a subject search in the Catalyst for our holdings. You can also limit the search by years to locate some digital primary sources. Your email address will not be published. Tituba was questioned and she mentioned witch conspiracies in Salem. The Salem Witch Trials, with lies, manipulation and so much more. Abigail should be held responsible for the imprisonment and execution of innocent people. Abigail was spreading rumors and messing with bad spirits, also lying about Elizabeth haunting her during trial.
At the beggining of the story, she spreads rumors of the so called bewitchment instead of denying it and saying that all they did was run into the woods. The religious people in town started hearing more rumors. The Crucible is an extended metaphor for the era of terror known as McCarthyism in America Gottfried Miller employs allusion in The Crucible to demonstrate blunder in reason. For example, when the witchcraft scholar Hale is asked how such a virtuous woman like Rebecca could be serving the devil he replies that the devil too seemed virtuous.
He says that the devil is a deceiver and 'until an hour before he fell, even God thought him beautiful in Heaven" II.
Another one comes when Goody Proctor describes how. Demonic Possession and witchcraft are the dominant arguments for criminal activity. In The Crucible why were people blaming one another? The Crucible by Arthur Miller, talks about people blaming each other for using witchcraft.
Everyone in the town was getting accused by the people and they would have them in trial and ask them questions. In the Crucible, by Arthur Miller, the characters of Elizabeth Proctor, and Abigail Williams can be compared and contrasted through love, witchcraft, and Family. This one girl is responsible for the lives taken in the Salem witch trials of When he stopped being paid all together, he left Salem and returned to Maine.
At some point the Putnam family sued Burroughs for failure to repay his debt and shortly after accused him of witchcraft. Burroughs was arrested, brought to trial on August 5 and executed on August 19, Carrier was the first person in Andover accused during the Salem Witch Trials.
She was accused by her neighbor Benjamin Abbot after the two had a dispute over land and Abbot immediately fell ill. Her children were also accused and were coerced into testifying against her. Carrier was brought to trial on August 5 and executed on August 19, He was one of the first people in Salem to speak out against the witch trials. Willard was responsible for helping to arrest the accused witches but soon began to doubt so many people could be guilty of witchcraft and quit his job in protest.
Shortly after, Willard himself was accused of witchcraft by Ann Putnam, Jr. Willard was not immediately arrested but his in-laws, the Wilkins family, began to grow suspicious of him. An arrest warrant was issued for John Willard but he had already fled Salem Village. A second arrest warrant was issued and Willard was hunted down and arrested in Nashua, NH. Several confessed witches testified against Willard as well as afflicted girl Ann Putnam, Jr.
John Willard was brought to trial on August 5 and executed on August 19, He was a reluctant church go-er and was an outspoken critic of the Salem Witch Trials. He was first accused by his servant, Sarah Churchill, who also accused his granddaughter Margaret Jacobs. His son, George Jacobs, Jr, was accused as well but he evaded arrest. Many people testified against George Jacobs, Sr, including almost all the members of the Putnam family. He was found guilty on August 5 and executed on August 19, He was an outspoken critic of the Salem Witch Trials and often threatened to beat or whip the afflicted girls for their role in the witch trials.
Proctor knew Salem was in the midst of a mass hysteria and wrote a letter to the Boston clergy in July asking that they intervene or move the trials to Boston. The clergy responded but it was too late to save Proctor, who was brought to trial on August 5 and executed on August 19, His remaining family members were either never charged or found guilty and pardoned.
The couple lived in Salem town where Alice was known as a pious, honest woman. Alice Parker was brought to trial on September 9 and executed on September 22, It is not known why Parker was accused but she stated during her examination that there was another woman in Andover named Mary Parker and suggested it was a case of mistaken identity.
Martha Sprague then stated that the woman in front of her was the woman who afflicted her. Mary Parker was brought to trial on September 17 and executed on September 22, Ann Pudeator Age: 70s Ann Pudeator was a widow who lived in Salem town where she also worked as a nurse and midwife. She had a reputation for being sharp-tongued and often quarreled with locals. Pudeator was accused of witchcraft in May of by Sarah Churchill and several other afflicted girls of Salem Village.
Some of her medical supplies, such as foot ointments, were confiscated and introduced to the court as objects of the occult. During her trial, Pudeator accused many of her accusers of lying. Pudeator was brought to trial on September 9 and executed on September 22, Like Bridget Bishop and many other witch trial victims, Wilmot Redd had also been accused of witchcraft before in She was an unpopular person around town because she often quarreled with others and had an abrasive personality.
Redd was accused of witchcraft in May of by the Salem Village afflicted girls and brought to Ingersoll Tavern in Salem Village for her examination. Redd was brought to trial in September and executed on September 22, Scott had seven children but only three survived childhood.
After her husband died in , Scott was left destitute and forced to beg from her neighbors. This made her unpopular with her neighbors.
A member of the Nelson family also sat on the grand jury that convicted her. Scott was brought to trial on September 17 and executed on September 22, He was also a well known fortune-teller and practitioner of English folk magic. It is believed that his work in the occult led to his witchcraft accusation. Wardwell was accused in September of and arrested and jailed in Salem. Shortly after, his wife and daughters were also arrested. During his examination, he admitted to fortune-telling and dabbling in magic and said that the devil may have taken advantage of him for these reasons.
He then confessed to making a pact with the devil but later recanted his confession. Wardwell was brought to trial in mid-September and executed on September 22, Corey had a reputation for being a pious member of the community despite the well-known fact that she had a child out of wedlock in the s.
Martha Corey was also an outspoken critic of the Salem Witch Trials and stated many times that the afflicted girls were liars. When Giles Corey himself was accused of witchcraft and arrested in April, he refused to provide any more information on Martha or himself.
Martha Corey was brought to trial on September 9 and executed on September 22, , just three days after Giles Corey had been tortured to death for refusing to enter a plea. She lived in Topsfield and was considered a pious, well-respected member of the community. In April of , Mary Easty was accused of witchcraft, arrested but was then released in May.
She was accused again, a few days after her release, and arrested. She was examined and indicted on two charges of witchcraft. Easty was brought to trial on September 9 and executed on September 22, He had a reputation for being an angry, violent man and was once charged with murdering his farmhand in He was found guilty but only suffered a fine for his actions. Many locals, including Thomas Putnam , suspected Corey had paid a bribe for his freedom.
In April of , Giles Corey was accused of witchcraft after his wife, Martha Corey , had also been accused and arrested on the same charge. Giles Corey refused to enter a plea in an attempt to prevent his case from going to trial.
He reportedly knew he was going to die, either in jail or on the gallows, and wanted to avoid being convicted before he did. As a result, Giles Corey was tortured for three days in a field on Howard Street in Salem town in an attempt to force a plea out of him. He died on the third day of his torture on September 19, Elizabeth Proctor Brought to trial on August 5 and found guilty.
She was sentenced to death but the execution was delayed due to her pregnancy. She gave birth in January was released from prison in May, Abigail Faulkner, Sr Brought to trial on September 17 and found guilty.
She was released from prison in March, Mary Post Brought to trial in January, and found guilty. She was sentenced to death but pardoned by Governor Phips. Sarah Wardwell Brought to trial on January 10, and found guilty. Elizabeth Johnson Jr Brought to trial in January, and found guilty.
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