Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Salem Village, (now Danvers, Massachusetts) between February 1692 and May 1693.
A group of religious extremists, were called The Puritans. They believed that the witches were people who worshiped the Devil, and wanted to destroy Christianity. Therefore they set out to hunt all people who had any signs of witchcraft. This obsession of defining the rules of religion according to the Puritans was the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials.
More than 150 people were arrested and imprisoned, only accusations, however did not get to be formally processed by the county court. At least five of the accused died in prison, and the twenty-six people who went to trial were convicted before this court.
A group of religious extremists, were called The Puritans. They believed that the witches were people who worshiped the Devil, and wanted to destroy Christianity. Therefore they set out to hunt all people who had any signs of witchcraft. This obsession of defining the rules of religion according to the Puritans was the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials.
More than 150 people were arrested and imprisoned, only accusations, however did not get to be formally processed by the county court. At least five of the accused died in prison, and the twenty-six people who went to trial were convicted before this court.