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to know more about the famous Salem witch trials. do you know any of the people who were tried as witches? if you know any books about it that would be cool too.
thank you for any help, i appreciate it.
There were likely no actual witches involved in the Salem Witch Trials. This was a hysteria – people being wrongly accused based on much "evidence" that would never hold up in a court of law today.
I know the history well and have visited Salem, MA many times – but as I wasn’t alive in the 1690’s, I don’t personally know any of those who were tried as "witches".
poorer and uneducated segments of town.
OR
outspoken opponents of the Puritan Clergy. ( I have a feeling it is this one but I can’t find any other sources that agree). ???
OR
associated with Salem’s prosperous merchant elite.
Mostly, they persecuted anyone who questioned church doctrine. Or anyone who exhibited "peculier" behavior in accordance to chruch beliefs.
Many women were burned alive during the Salem witch hunt.How many of those women do you think were actual witches?
Just wondering…..I supposed none?
No women were burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials. Fourteen were hanged, though.
Of those, none were witches. Everyone knows that the Salem witch trials were a farce, and a result of one man’s greed.
What is the single most important lesson to be learned from the Salem witchcraft trials?
If we let evil people get control, then even the most innocent will suffer, because the evil doers will torment, harass and punish harmless innocents to deflect the public focus away from their own acts — and make the public too terrified to protest, because they know that if they do, they will be accused, put on trial, and found ‘guilty’ themselves.
I think there’s a good lesson there.
Lenky
For a project i have to connect the book Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult to the Salem Witch Trials, and in turn connect that with the founding of our Republic 
Wow, that’s pretty freaky, I’d be hard-pressed to say there’s any connection at all, except maybe -maybe- it was a bad example that set the stage for freedom of religion. Also, it was the last case where a court was allowed to hear about ’spectral evidence’, so maybe also it helped start a more rationalist strain of thought in motion. I’m not sure either is really critical to American independence, though. I have read that Cotton Mather was a very different man by the end of his life, and that he actually was friends with a young Benjamin Franklin in Boston, so that kind of connects a couple of historical threads. But other than that — pretty tenuous, I think.
I am looking for any cases of witch hunts that happened after 1958, and excluding the Salem witch trials?? Anything cases or information would help.
How about within the past several years?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/22/world/main1918803.shtml
I live in Oregon and was curious to know how many other Salem cities there is. I’ve tried to do a search online but had no luck. Please help me find How many, And where they are located at in the USA. Thank you for your help in this question. Have a great day.
Salem, Alabama
Salem, Arkansas
Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas
Salem, Saline County, Arkansas
Salem, Connecticut
Salem, Georgia
Salem, Illinois
Salem, Indiana
Salem, Iowa
Salem, Kentucky
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem, Maryland
Salem, Nebraska
Salem, New Hampshire
Salem, New Jersey
Salem, New Mexico
Salem, New York
Salem, North Carolina
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem, Missouri
Salem, Ohio
Salem, Oklahoma
Salem, Oregon
Salem, South Carolina
Salem, South Dakota
Salem, Utah
Salem, Virginia
Salem (Virginia Beach), Virginia
Salem, West Virginia
Salem, Wisconsin
Salem, Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Salem, Pierce County, Wisconsin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem
Someone had told me that the metro can be used, to get to Salem, but not sure. Is a car rental the best way to do it?
ShouldBeW is crazy!
The trains run all day, from North Station. About 30 trains weekdays, about 15 weekend days. Salem is just a half hour trip, 25mins for express trains. No expressways go direct from Boston to Salem and lots of city and suburban traffic tie-up spots one has to drive through. It always took me at least an hour; usually more. Besides, driving in Boston area for those not used to it is every bit as crazy and heart-attack causing as reputed; and car rental fees exhorbitant.
The commuter rail trains are indeed part of the metro system, but separate. (North Station connects with the metro’s orange and green lines, which run parallel no more than a couple of blocks apart all the way from the art museums 5 miles from the station. The orange line is almost ALWAYS faster and better, however.)
PS. The trains are the best way to go to visit Providence, also.
I am planning a trip to Salem with my son and I want to be able to see everything, since I don’t know when I would be able to come back. Does anyone know if you can see it all in 1 day or should I plan to stay for 2 days or more. Just interested in seeing the Witch trials museams and things related to that, not the whole city/town.
The one thing I would STRONGLY recommend is to not see it all lol. Salem is a great town, with tons of fun stuff to see. But as someone who has, over the years, had to take endless friends there who wanted to play tourist while visiting me, I can tell you there are some super cheesy and very overpriced Witch themed attractions there. I would suggest the main Witch Museum (the one behind the Witch monument), maybe one more, and a visit to the Witch’s shop. Most of the smaller ones really are poorly done and just repeat the same stuff. You would need 2 days to see everything, but trust me one or two would be more than enough. If they still have their version of the duck tour there I would recommend it.
Even though you said witch only, I personally loved The House of the Seven Gables, though depending on how young your son is, it might not be fun for him. But if he’s old enough it might be very educational. It is the most interesting historical house I’ve been to (generally I’m not a fan of them, but this truly showed how folks lived and was very interesting, esp. seeing how they hid slaves etc. And if you are going when it warms up there is a stunning courtyard garden with a spectacular view, so nice place to grab a liight lunch and enjoy it.
There is also a free movie at the tourist center that was pretty good (yes witch themed primarily). And be sure to pick up the handout tourist books before you hit the Witch attractions as many have discount coupons available!
Salem has a superb website at;
http://www.salem.org/
And downloadable brochure at;
http://www.salem.org/pdf/visitorsguide.pdf
You can read and see pics and pricing on ALL the attractions, there is a map and you can get an overall idea. Everything is pretty close.
I answered a similar question for someone recently and mentioned a few more things…rather than type it all twice here’s the link if you want to check that out;
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqLZBX.eFit2.IaqIGNo5oHty6IX?qid=20070410072541AAlT05u&show=7#profile-info-JVk73pVzaa
I would like to know the kind of diseases that one might have suffered during the Salem Witch Trials. Description of the disease would be very much appreciated.
one thing that has been hypothesized, as far as the "witches" themselves, is that there was a cause for the women to have hallucinations and act strangely other than "witchery/witchcraft"– ergot poisoning.
Rye and rye bread (popular basic in the diet at the time) is prone to a fungus that when ingested can cause all sorts of problems, including hallucinations and convulsions.
check out the site listed below
http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/history/ergot.htm