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Matt Sass
US History
Colonial Social History
November 24th 2003
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials that went on in the year of 1692 in the British New England colonies is this continent’s worst case of mass hysteria ever. ... The people of Massachusetts had an extreme case of paranoia/fear of being afflicted by or living in the same community as a witch. ... All of the commotion started when 9 girls from the Salem area started to go into convulsive fits. The first case of these fits is described in this passage from Wilson’s book “Salem Witch Trials. ... Mary Sibley, a member of Parris’s church, gave two of Parris’s servants, Tituba and John Indian, an old English recipe for witch cake. Sibley said the cake would help them discover who the witch was. ... Supposedly, after eating the cake, the dog would run to the witch, who was the devil’s agent. ... Reverend Parris found out about the witch cake and scolded Mary Sibley in front of the whole congregation for “going to the devil for help against the devil. ... They named Tituba, probably because she was the one who baked the witch cake. ...
Tituba’s confession affected the outcome of the witch trials in an important way. ... From “The Salem Witch Trials”, Earle Rice Jr. ... Then there was the female population of the Salem area that was afraid of being accused of causing the fits.
Approximate Word count = 1165
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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