Salem witch trials

The warrants for Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne were issued on February 29 and on March 1 they were taken to the meeting house of Salem Village to be examined by magistrates John Hathorne and Jonathon Corwin. It was there that Good and Osborne maintained their innocence, but Tituba confessed. It was impossible to tell if Tituba’s confession was true or false, but that did not matter to the magistrates, what mattered was that there was a confession. “The devil came to me and bid me to serve him”, she stated in her confession (Witchcraft at Salem). After her confession the questioning went further. Tituba admitted that the Devil had come to her in the shape of a man- a tall man in black, with white hair. Other times he had come in the shape of an animal (Chadwick Hansen). She went on describing how Good and Osborne had a part in tormenting the afflicted girls and that there were others who helped, but she did not know their names. The examinations of Sarah Good and Sarah Os...