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This a tribute to the unfortunate victims of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Some believe that this tragic event, which took place over 300 years ago, was the result of a restrictive type of government practiced by the Massachusetts Bay Colony and new economic pressures in the Colony's towns that may have caused bitterness, aggression, and outright paranoia. The whole disaster can be traced back to Reverand Samuel Parris' daughter, niece, and slave. Betty, his daughter, and Abigail, Parris' niece, had become fascinated with voodoo and the black arts after hearing stories from Tituba, the slave. They began having fits; and when the doctor could find no reason, he declared witchcraft. Whether they truly had fits or got caught up in their lies, the girls were pressed to give names of the ones involved with the witchcraft. The accusations escalated and escalated until the situation turned into a mass frenzy.

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This a tribute to the unfortunate victims of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Some believe that this tragic event, which took place over 300 years ago, was the result of a restrictive type of government practiced by the Massachusetts Bay Colony and new economic pressures in the Colony's towns that may have caused bitterness, aggression, and outright paranoia. The whole disaster can be traced back to Reverand Samuel Parris' daughter, niece, and slave. Betty, his daughter, and Abigail, Parris' niece, had become fascinated with voodoo and the black arts after hearing stories from Tituba, the slave. They began having fits; and when the doctor could find no reason, he declared witchcraft. Whether they truly had fits or got caught up in their lies, the girls were pressed to give names of the ones involved with the witchcraft. The accusations escalated and escalated until the situation turned into a mass frenzy.

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The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.

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The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692, after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.

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John Proctor’s sundial, an object that could only be owned by a man of some means and which illustrates that nobody was safe during the Salem Witch Trials

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John Proctor’s sundial, an object that could only be owned by a man of some means and which illustrates that nobody was safe during the Salem Witch Trials

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The exhibit also displayed original editions of books that were influential on the trials or which came out of the trials themselves. Like the Malleus Maleficarum, a handbook for hunting witches written in the fifteenth century

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The exhibit also displayed original editions of books that were influential on the trials or which came out of the trials themselves. Like the Malleus Maleficarum, a handbook for hunting witches written in the fifteenth century

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The walking sticks of George Jacobs, Sr., who was accused of being a witch by his granddaughter and was one of the victims of the trials. 

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The walking sticks of George Jacobs, Sr., who was accused of being a witch by his granddaughter and was one of the victims of the trials. 