ECN 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Samuel Parris, Speed Dating, Sept
18 Apr 2016
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14 women and 5 men put to death, 18 hung, one crushed to death. Lack of government, making it impossible to resolve con ict through the law courts (third party impartiality). Much belief in magic i. e. driving the future. Church against practice of magic and condemned those that practiced magic = witchcraft. In europe over 100,000, mostly women , had been executed for witchcraft. Samuel parris came to salem and spearheaded a new church. In early 1692 young girls in parris" household began to act strangely (trying to contact the dead, etc. ) The local doctor concluded that the af icted girls were victim"s of witchcraft . All the af icted girls were on the side of parris. Tituba, a west indian slave, confesses to practicing witchcraft. Soon the af icted young women began to accuse more women of witchcraft. The af icted girls accuse some of those apposed to parris congregation.
