https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs Salem, Massachusetts, 1692 en-us 2016-11-30 15:22:27 UTC 2025-10-27 17:01:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141604511 In 1692, religion was the foundation of New England. Puritanism was the dominant faith of the village of Salem, Mass. This group believed in the devil as much as they believed in God and abode by a strict lifestyle, which instilled anxiety, hysteria, and paranoia of Hell and all of its components among followers.]]> 2016-12-04 16:36:03 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141604511 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141605895 2016-12-04 16:55:08 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141605895 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141606981 In February of 1692, Elizabeth Parris, daughter of Salem minister Samuel Parris, fell ill and exhibited unusual symptoms such as a fever and contorting herself. Attempts to cure the young girl through prayer were conducted yet did not prevail.]]> 2016-12-04 17:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141606981 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141608356 A common Puritan belief of dark magic targeting youth, alongside a lack of medical knowledge, led many to conclude it was not disease but witchcraft which plagued children who fell sick. Such certainty instilled the drive to bring a perpetrator to justice among the villagers.]]> 2016-12-04 17:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141608356 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141793355 Sarudy, Barbara Wells. “Early Images of the Devil.” Blogspot, 31 Oct. 2016, bjws.blogspot.com/2016_10_01_archive.html.     ]]> 2016-12-05 16:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141793355 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141796351 “The Afflicted at Salem, Massachusetts.” Legends of America, 2003, www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-salemafflicted.html. 

]]> 2016-12-05 16:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141796351 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141798908 “Tituba-Reverend Parris Slave.” Legends of America, 2003, www.legendsofamerica.com/ma-salemafflicted.html. 

]]> 2016-12-05 16:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141798908 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141799858 Fratoni, Nichole. "The Wicked Witch is Dead: The Salem Witch Trials of 1692." Quest Garden, 8 April 2012, questgarden.com/142/52/3/120408171049/credits.htm.

]]> 2016-12-05 16:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141799858 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141804707 Cotton Mather was the author of Memorable Providences. The 1689 publication depicted an episode of alleged witchcraft which instigated such accusations within Puritan New England. ]]> 2016-12-05 16:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/141804707 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142415845 “Cotton Mather.” law2.edu, 2009, law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/asa_math.htm. ]]> 2016-12-07 20:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142415845 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142417893 A piece of work by author Cotton Mather.]]> 2016-12-07 20:19:06 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142417893 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142418649 “Cotton Mather. The Wonders of the Invisible world, 1693 (Gilder Lehrman Collection).” The GuilderLehrman Institute of American History, 2016, www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/religion-and-eighteenth-century-revivalism/resources/cotton-mather%E2%80%99s-account-salem-wi. ]]> 2016-12-07 20:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142418649 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142421801 After much speculation and consideration, the people of the Salem village began to assert accusations of witchcraft to specific individuals. These accusations led to trials, where nineteen innocent men and women were found guilty on the charge of witchcraft and hung for their "crimes."]]> 2016-12-07 20:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142421801 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142424065 2016-12-07 20:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142424065 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142433455 "Salem Witchcraft." Time, 2014, time.com/3398176/salem-witch-trials/]]> 2016-12-07 21:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142433455 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142435058 Shortly after trials ceased, the reality of the wrongdoings to witch trial victims set in. Since the original trials no action has been taken against those accused of witchcraft, and in 2016 a memorial stands to remember and honor those who died at the hand of religious intolerance and paranoia. ]]> 2016-12-07 21:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142435058 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142436428 "Salem Witch Trials Memorial." Clio, 2016, www.theclio.com/web/entry?id=20409]]> 2016-12-07 22:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142436428 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142448863 "The Witchcraft trials in Salem: A Commentary."  law2.umkc.edu, 2016, law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM]]> 2016-12-08 00:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142448863 apedabosss https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142449122 Linder, Douglas. "The Witchcraft Trials in Salem: A commentary." law2.umkc.edu, 2016, law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM]]> 2016-12-08 00:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/apedabosss/uu6kgjc2esrs/wish/142449122