They have the Salem Witch Museum, Haunted this and that...
2006-09-17 23:22:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Boston
Examination of a Witch, by T.H. Matteson 1853.
Courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum
The events which led to the Witch Trials actually occurred in what is now the town of Danvers, then a parish of Salem Town, known as Salem Village. Launching the hysteria was the bizarre, seemingly inexplicable behavior of two young girls; the daughter, Betty, and the niece, Abigail Williams, of the Salem Village minister, Reverend Samuel Parris.
The Witch House In February, 1692, three accused women were examined by Magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne. Corwin's home, known as the Witch House, still stands at the corner of North and Essex Streets in Salem, providing guided tours and tales of the first witchcraft trials. John Hathorne, an ancestor of author Nathaniel Hawthorne, is buried in the Charter Street Old Burying Point.
By the time the hysteria had spent itself, 24 people had died. Nineteen were hanged on Gallows Hill in Salem Town, but some died in prison. Giles Corey at first pleaded not guilty to charges of witchcraft, but subsequently refused to stand trial. This refusal meant he could not be convicted legally. However, his examiners chose to subject him to interrogation by the placing of stone weights on his body. He survived this brutal torture for two days before dying.
It is remarkable 552 original
2006-09-17 23:26:09 · answer #1 · answered by shirley e 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The Salem Witch Trials. . .. . It's a part of history, and so that's why there is so much of it in the area. You may read the story of the Crucible in an english class, I know I did. And that's based on these events. So that's what the area is known for. . . .It's very interesting, you should check some of it out.
2006-09-18 04:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by ShouldBeWorking 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Salem witch trials resulted in the deaths of either 21 or 18 people, I forget, and the incarceration of hundreds. It was the only witch hunt that resulted in that many deaths in the US, though not in Europe. It's pretty famous, partially because the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller.
2006-09-18 03:16:49 · answer #3 · answered by reverenceofme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sad! They actually still teach about the Salem Witch Trials in school, at least in California. My daughter is in 8th grade and is learning about them now. We are going to be in Boston in October and plan to go to Salem during that visit. It is an equally interesting and horrifying time in the history of our country! We don't want to be a nation that repeats past transgressions due to ignorance of the past. So read up on it. Oh and while reading check out the McCarthy hearings...another sad testimont to group hysteria!
2006-09-19 08:25:28 · answer #4 · answered by love2dance 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I see someone didn't pay attention in history class! Salem is famous becasue it's where the witch trials were held! It all started there. Open a damn book woman!
2006-09-21 07:52:40 · answer #5 · answered by ~mj~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
that's what human beings call freedom of religion- freedom to worship interior the way the community TELLS you you will desire to worship. yet those human beings have been fairly accountable of being unpopular, or slumbering with the incorrect guy, of being the objective of rumors and jealousy, and so on. i doubt if from now on than 2% of the human beings accused of being a witch actually had pagan ideals. They have been victims and not criminals
2016-12-15 09:45:39 · answer #6 · answered by nichelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess they do not teach history in school anymore.
2006-09-18 02:28:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You tell us
2006-09-17 23:24:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋