most of the people were hung. There was one man however crushed to death with stones because he refused to confess to something he didnt do so his last words were more weight which crushed his lungs and killed him. 0fede1fa-922b-458f-a1b8-241ad95ce60f
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Hanging and one man was pressed to death
there were also some who died in prison who were accused as witches
The punishment for a capital crime in Puritan Massachusetts was hanging and witchcraft charges included many capital crimes.
Usually by being executed.
Hanging.
Hanging
Reverend Hale was the Puritan pastor during the Salem Witch Trials. He told the witches to confess falsely in order to save their lives.
No witches were ever burned at Salem. In Puritan society, witchcraft was a felony and punishable by hanging. During the Salem Witch Trials, 19 people suffered that fate.
People back during the Salem Witch Trials became so paranoid that they thought anyone acting strangely were witches.
The Salem witch trials. Increase Mather was too smart and political knowlegdable to believe that there were witches.
They believed that the trials were caused by the fact that there were witches and those witches had to be condemned. They thought that the witches were a sign that Massachusetts wasn't religious enough anymore.
There were no actual, practicing witches invovled, accused or otherwise existing in Salem during the witch trials.
The book "Time of the Witches" takes place in early colonial America, particularly in the town of Salem, Massachusetts, during the Salem Witch Trials in the late 17th century.
Nineteen, fourteen women and five men.
Samuel Paris worked as a minister in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. His daughter and niece were both amongst the girls who were accused of being witches.
The last of the Salem Witch trials ended in may 1693
Bridget Bishop
during the Salem Witchcraft trials of 1692, the vast majority of targeted "witches" were single, widowed women living alone. so, if they did exist, according to these trials, usually yes.
during the Salem Witchcraft trials of 1692, the vast majority of targeted "witches" were single, widowed women living alone. so, if they did exist, according to these trials, usually yes.
Only regular people were executed during the Salem Witch Trials. No Pagans. No witches. They were tried because the townspeople wanted their property, land, and possessions.
During the Salem Witch Trials, no. However, now, despite it being disrespectful to the dead and downright ironic, it has become the pagan and wiccan mecca.
Reverend Hale was the Puritan pastor during the Salem Witch Trials. He told the witches to confess falsely in order to save their lives.
Nineteen.