2006-09-04 07:26:31 · 3 answers · asked by ekuuhh 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Samuel Parris was a minister (former merchant and Harvard dropout) who was called and arrived in Salem Village in 1689. His daughter and niece were diagnosed as 'bewitched' by the local doctor. The Parris family's West Indian slave, named Tituba was immediately under suspicion. Tituba and two elderly townswomen Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn were arrested on 2-29-1692 and were accused of witchery. And so began a wave of accusations of witchery...
2006-09-04 07:49:52 · answer #1 · answered by Mom of One in Wisconsin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was a reverend who started the witch hysteria
2006-09-04 07:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I BELIEVE HE WAS THE GUY WHO WAS ACCUSED AS A WITCH AND THEY STONED HIM TO DEATH. OR HE WAS A JUDGE OF SOME SORT.
2006-09-04 07:32:08 · answer #3 · answered by pmktabbycat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋