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  1. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging (fourteen women and five men). One other man, Giles Corey, died under ...

  2. The Salem witchcraft trial of 1878, [1] [2] [3] also known as the Ipswich witchcraft trial [4] and the second Salem witch trial, [5] was an American civil case held in May 1878 in Salem, Massachusetts, in which Lucretia L. S. Brown, an adherent of the Christian Science religion, accused fellow Christian Scientist Daniel H. Spofford of attempting to harm her through his "mesmeric" mental powers.

    • 1692
    • Formal Prosecutions
    • 1693

    January 20: Eleven-year-old Abigail Williams and nine-year-old Elizabeth Parrisbegin behaving much as the Goodwin children acted three years earlier. Soon Ann Putnam Jr. and other Salem girls begin acting similarly. Mid-February: A local doctor (historically assumed to be Doctor Griggs), attends to the "afflicted" girls, and first suggests that wit...

    June 2:Bridget Bishop is the first to be formally indicted, tried and convicted of witchcraft. She is sentenced to death. June 10: Bridget Bishopis hanged at Gallows Hill. June 16: Roger Toothakerdies in prison. June 28–29: Sarah Goodis tried and found guilty. June 29: Susannah Martin and Rebecca Nurseare tried and found guilty. June 30: Elizabeth ...

    January 4: Sarah Buckley, Margaret Jacobs, Rebecca Jacobs, and Mary Whittredge are tried and found not guilty. January 5: Job Tookey and Hannah Tyler are tried and found not guilty. January 6: Mary Marston, Elizabeth Johnson Sr., and Abigail Barker are tried and found not guilty. January 7: Mary Tyler is tried and found not guilty. January 9:Rebecc...

  3. Mar 31, 2024 · Salem Witch Trials APUSH Definition. The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions that occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. The trials were a dark chapter in American history, characterized by mass hysteria and accusations of witchcraft. Numerous individuals, predominantly women, were accused of ...

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  4. Salem witch trials, (May–October 1692)American colonial persecutions for witchcraft. In the town of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, several young girls, stimulated by supernatural tales told by a West Indian slave, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused three women of witchcraft. Under pressure, the accused women named others in ...

  5. The trials were held in Salem. Accused witches from surrounding areas were brought to Salem to be tried for witchcraft. The best-known trials were held by the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 in Salem Town. All twenty-six people who went to trial before this court were convicted. In 1693, there were also four sessions of the Superior Court of ...

  6. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging. One other man, Giles Corey, died under torture after refusing to enter a plea, and at least five people died in jail.

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