This is a page that I have made for telling the events that surrounded the Salem Witch Trials. As I have found, many of the "stories" leading up to the hanging of nineteen individuals have intrigued and inspired historians, writers, and experts in professional fields such as law and medicine for over three hundred years. Take a trip back in time and experience these trials for yourself.
In 1692, in Salem, then part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, hundreds of people were accused of practicing witchcraft, defined by the court at the time as a crime. From June 10 to September 22, nineteen people where convicted and hanged for that crime and one was crushed by stone for refusing to follow court procedure; they were victims of fear, superstition and a court system that failed to protect them. Since that time, advocates of civil rights and human tolerance use the events of 1692 as a yardstick to measure the depth of civility and due process in contemporary society.
To learn more about the events leading up to the trials and hangings, CLICK HERE
For exact dates and descriptions of the trials CLICK HERE