Extra Credit English by Haley Jones

99054143_ — 2023-11-17 06:13:12 UTC

There were a few ways of killing the people who were accused of witch craft. One of the main results of being a witch was to be hung. When someone was accused of being a witch they were sent to jail and later to get killed. Being hung on a tree was common for witches to be tortured to death. The "witches" were killed in public were people could see.

99054143_ — 2023-11-17 06:14:58 UTC

When someone was accused of being a witch they were sent straight to court. No matter what was said, once accused there was no way of getting out of the punishment. The punishment of being a witch was death. If the person plead guilty of being a witch they would be kept alive and publicly shamed. Claiming to not be a witch is what got the people killed.

99054143_ — 2023-11-17 06:17:54 UTC

There were a few ways the court tried to use to identify if someone was a witch or not. They would sent the accused person in and immediately would undress them. One was if the person had an unusual mole or birth mark. Another thing they thought proved was a witch was if they had a third nipple. The people thought of these as devil marks that were put on the ones possessed.

99054143_ — 2023-11-17 06:20:31 UTC

The witch hunt became a way to get rid of enemies. As soon as you are accused of witch craft, there is not getting out of it. There was no way to prove yourself as innocent. If someone had a problem with one person they would accuse them of being a witch and get them sent away or killed. This was sometimes used as a way to get someone else's land.

99054143_ — 2023-11-17 06:27:12 UTC

A female slave by the name of Tituba was the first accused of witch craft. This woman was a maid for a rich family who had a teenage daughter. She would tell the daughter and her friends stories that had to do with witch craft. This later turned against her when the girls accused Tituba of bewitching them. She was not killed because of this.