Summary “The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry Into the Salem Witch Trial” by Marion L. Starkey is a historical novel based upon facts of people and events surrounding the Salem Witch Trials. The format of the book is a narrative, with dialogue from actual trial records. The trial records are applied with a modern psychiatric knowledge, surrounding the witchcraft hysteria. Starkey recreates the sense of pity and terror that surrounded Salem and the suffering that many innocent people endured during the time. “The Devil in Massachusetts” presents an account of the accusers, accused, prosecutors and defenders surrounding the trials at Salem.
The Salem Witch Trials Brittany Johnson Marc Romanelli Monday April 8, 2013 The Salem Witch Trials (Rough Draft) Fear of Devil-worshipping and witchcraft swept through Salem, Massachusetts, like a plague. During the years of 1692 and 1693, more than 200 people—men, women, and even children—were accused of witchcraft (Blumberg). Words of friends, neighbors, and even complete strangers put many people's lives in danger. Nineteen people were hanged, one person pressed to death, and four known deaths occurred in prison. The accusations, the trials, the executions, and the events leading up to and after the deaths, kept Salem, Massachusetts on its toes in
Yarely Covarrubias Pd. 3 What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 are a turning point in history, and is an event that continues to mystify our nation, as well as others. Between the months of june and September of 1692, 19 women and men were accused of witchcraft and hanged because of it. Local magistrates took the initiative when young girls claimed that women in the village were inflicting pain on them, which resulted in all the hangings and overall hype of the Salem Witch Trials.
tried twenty-three individuals on four counts of crimes: 1) conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity, 2) war crimes (against those protected, such as POWs), 3) crimes against humanity, and 4) membership in a criminal organization. (Harvard Law School Library, 2003). Of the twenty-three individuals tried, seven were sentenced to death, including Karl Brandt, nine served prison terms, and seven were acquitted. (Linder, D., 2009). Lesser-known trials included the Dachau Trial, The Buchenwald Camp Trial, The Flossenburg Camp Trial, the Mauthausen Camp Trial, and the Muhldorf Concentration Camp Trial which served to prosecute war criminals that were not tried in the Nuremberg Trials.
The first known execution in the territory now known as the United States of America was of Captain George Kendall, who was shot by a firing squad in Jamestown in December 1607 accused of sowing discord and mutiny some say he also spied on the British for Spain. Well for one the firing squad was not the only way of execution threw out our nation’s history. Hanging, hanging was first passed as a legal substitute in 1735 to 1924, and
This was added to the so-called evidence against the accused, and often was the settling argument in their demise. A total of one hundred seventy-five people were accused. Out of the one hundred seventy-five, nineteen were hanged, one of which was a man. The Salem Witch Trials are, to this day, a famous tale of the way communities can fail as a result of superstitions. Three hundred years later, no one really can say what in heaven (or hell) possessed the 'witches' of Salem--or their accusers In witchcraft's colorful lore, one episode stands out in black and white.
Salem Witch Trials DBQ During the late 1600s continuing in the early 1700s Salem, Massachusetts was faced with a mounting hysteria over the probability of witches living among them. The dishonorable Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692. This Hysteria led Massachusetts colonists to try, convict, and execute numerous individuals on behalf of the capital crime of witchcraft; many of which were said to be triggered due to the economic, social and religious aspects arising at the time. There is truly no one cause for the actions that took place from end to end the Salem witch trials. A mixture of diverse events and factors assisted the commencement of the trials.
The son was acquited after a plea of self- defence but Ms Osland was found guilty with murder. After spending nine and a half years in prison for murdering she finally tasted freedom. This case was taken to the high court in 1998, where the high court reviewed this case as the ‘Battered Womens Syndrome’. Since her husband had been abusing her for 13 and a half years she could no longer take it. Her anger exploded the day she murdered her husband.
The Crucible In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, many Puritans were in a state of constant fear from the unforgettable Salem witch trials. Although there has been no full records of these trials, historians have been able to piece together what may have happened and who may have been to blame. From reading The Crucible, I have been able to say that Abigail Williams, Mary Warren, and Betty Parris have been to blame for the deaths of those innocent Puritans who died during the witch hunt. Abigail Williams was definitely a big instigator in the trials and probably the one who deserves the most blame. She was the so called, "Leader of the pack".
She begins accusing people of witchcraft to cover up her own lies and the accusations lead to 19 deaths by hanging. In the court, Abigail pretends to see the spirit of Mary Warren walking on the rafters in the courthouse. The two people who believe that Abigail lies are Reverend Hale and John Proctor, yet Abigail’s act convinces