Salem witch trials

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The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
mass hysteria event ⓘ
witch trial ⓘ
accusationType covenant with the Devil ⓘ
witchcraft ⓘ
aftermath Massachusetts granted compensation to some victims and heirs ⓘ
Massachusetts later declared the trials unlawful ⓘ
public apologies were issued by some participants and the colony ⓘ
broaderContext Early modern witch hunts ⓘ
Puritan New England society ⓘ
linked to: Puritanism
causeOfDeathOfGilesCorey pressing ⓘ
country Colonial America ⓘ
courtInvolved Court of Oyer and Terminer ⓘ
Superior Court of Judicature ⓘ
culturalDepiction The Crucible ⓘ
numerous books, plays, and films ⓘ
endTime 1693 ⓘ
evidenceTypeUsed confessions ⓘ
spectral evidence ⓘ
testimony of afflicted girls ⓘ
touch test ⓘ
fieldOfStudy American history ⓘ
gender studies ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
religious history ⓘ
firstAccused Sarah Good ⓘ
Sarah Osborne ⓘ
Tituba ⓘ
governingAuthority Province of Massachusetts Bay ⓘ
governorAction Governor William Phips dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer in 1692 ⓘ
Governor William Phips eventually pardoned many accused ⓘ
Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft ⓘ
hasPart Court of Oyer and Terminer trials ⓘ
Salem Village examinations ⓘ
Superior Court of Judicature trials ⓘ
hasTheme breakdown of due process ⓘ
fear of the Devil ⓘ
religious extremism ⓘ
scapegoating ⓘ
keyFigure Ann Putnam Jr. ⓘ
Cotton Mather ⓘ
Giles Corey ⓘ
Governor William Phips ⓘ
Increase Mather ⓘ
Rebecca Nurse ⓘ
Samuel Parris ⓘ
Thomas Putnam ⓘ
Tituba ⓘ
languageOfRecords English ⓘ
legalBasis English colonial law ⓘ
location Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony ⓘ
longTermImpact became a symbol of injustice and mass hysteria ⓘ
increased skepticism about spectral evidence ⓘ
influenced American views on due process ⓘ
mainLocationWithinSalem Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
mainMethodOfExecution hanging ⓘ
memorial Rebecca Nurse Homestead memorial in Danvers, Massachusetts ⓘ
Salem Witch Trials Memorial in Salem, Massachusetts ⓘ
notableVictim Elizabeth Howe ⓘ
George Burroughs ⓘ
George Jacobs Sr. ⓘ
Giles Corey ⓘ
John Proctor ⓘ
Martha Corey ⓘ
Mary Easty ⓘ
Rebecca Nurse ⓘ
Sarah Good ⓘ
Susannah Martin ⓘ
numberOfPeopleAccused more than 150 ⓘ
over 200 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleExecuted 20 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleExecutedByHanging 19 ⓘ
numberOfPeoplePressedToDeath 1 ⓘ
precededBy European witch hunts of the 16th and 17th centuries ⓘ
primaryReligionOfAccusers Puritan ⓘ
primaryReligionOfAuthorities Puritan ⓘ
religiousContext Puritanism ⓘ
secondaryLocationWithinSalem Salem Town ⓘ
startTime 1692 ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ
triggerEvent strange fits and convulsions of young girls in Salem Village ⓘ

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Massachusetts → historicalEvent → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony → notableEvent → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Court of Oyer and Terminer → significantEvent → Salem witch trials ⓘ
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Rebecca Nurse → conflict → Salem witch trials ⓘ
The Crucible → mainSubject → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Salem Village → knownFor → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Salem Village → associatedEvent → Salem witch trials of 1692 ⓘ
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Puritanism → associatedWithEvent → Salem witch trials ⓘ
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Tituba → gaveTestimonyIn → Salem witchcraft examinations ⓘ
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Salem Witch Trials Memorial → commemorates → Salem witch trials ⓘ
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Elizabeth Howe → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
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William Phips → significantEvent → Salem witch trials ⓘ
subject linked to: Governor William Phips
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Wonders of the Invisible World → subject → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Wonders of the Invisible World → claims → Satan was actively attacking New England ⓘ
linked to: Salem witch trials
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John Proctor → event → Salem witch trials ⓘ
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Bridget Bishop → event → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Bridget Bishop → chargeBroughtBy → Salem witchcraft court ⓘ
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Sarah Good → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Salem Village meetinghouse → centralRoleIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Salem Village meetinghouse → primarySettingOf → 1692 Salem witch trials ⓘ
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William Stoughton → participatedIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Samuel Sewall → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
John Hathorne → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Province of Massachusetts Bay → notableEvent → Salem witch trials ⓘ
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George Burroughs → event → Salem witch trials ⓘ
George Burroughs → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Susannah Martin → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
George Jacobs Sr. → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Reverend John Hale → associatedWithEvent → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Mary Easty → participantIn → Salem witch trials ⓘ
Mary Easty → notableWork → Petition to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, 1692 ⓘ
linked to: Salem witch trials
Mary Easty → historicalEvent → 1692 Salem witch panic ⓘ
linked to: Salem witch trials