salem witch trials

“Fear and paranoia over lost control sometimes led to gruesome excesses… Salem Village during the 1690s was a case in point.” (Nash and Graves, 50) Many events that occurred in the late 17th Century were results of animosity and aggression between Salem Town and Salem Village. The tension between the two villages created an idea of one being possessed by the devil. With that, unjustified events such as Salem witch trails took place in order to remedy the problem.
In the early 17th Century where belief in witchcraft was widespread through out Europe and New England. Came along the now infamous Salem witch trails where almost three hundred New Englanders, mostly women were charged with practicing witchcraft and at least twenty people were executed for being witches.
During the winter of 1691-1692, three women were accused of being Satan’s servants, Tituba, Sarah Goods, and Sarah Osborne. During the witch trail, Tituba confessed to the accusations and became a turncoat...