Does anyone know where i can get a detailed description of the Salem Witch Trials??

Question

I need to know more about Abigail Williams and Betty Parris. I cant find any websites that are detailed enough.

Answer 1

The History Channel's web site may have the information you're looking for just do a search on them on the sites search engine. Here is a link:

http://www.history.com

Answer 2

I recommend using MSN Encarta. I would not recommend using Wikipedia. Since anyone can edit information on Wikipedia, sometimes the information is incorrect. Below is a short excerpt from MSN Encarta (you can find the link at the bottom):


"Salem Witch Trials, trials that occurred during the years 1692 and 1693 in the eastern counties of colonial Massachusetts in which people were accused of being witches. Over the course of the spring and summer of 1692, 14 women and 5 men were hanged, another suspect was pressed to death under heavy stones when he refused to take part in his trial, 4 people died in jail awaiting their trials, and nearly 200 other people were arrested.

A second round of trials in the winter of 1693 ended in only three convictions out of nearly 150 cases. All of these defendants were ultimately pardoned by the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The crisis brought normal life in the colony to a near standstill. Today the trials are so widely regarded as notorious miscarriages of justice that they have become synonymous with mass hysteria, panic, and superstition. When Americans want to criticize a hasty indictment or panic-stricken accusation, they call it a “Salem witch trial.” -- MSN

Answer 3

Here's some transcripts

Answer 4

www.wikipedia.com

try that, or MSN Encarta

Answer 5

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SALEM.HTM

Answer 6

go on google, or on dogpile.com