Abby Connolly
Throughout the year 1692, those accused of practicing witchcraft were sent to trial, resulting in the imprisonment of around 200 people.
Of those charged, 19 people, mostly women, were executed. Five of those sent to prison died in custody and one farmer who was accused died by pressing.
It wasn’t until years later that many of those involved in the imprisonment and execution of those 25 people realized the terror that they inflicted after sending many innocent people to their death.
Judges came out to apologize publicly, and in 1702, the trials were officially deemed unlawful.
Although the trials were deemed unlawful centuries ago, victims of the trials have still not received total justice. In fact, Elizabeth Johnson Jr., a woman who was wrongfully accused of witchcraft in 1693, was not officially exonerated until July of this year!
Hopefully, this gives you all the information you need on the Salem Witch Trials, a dark time in American history that is worth learning about in order to avoid any kind of repetition of these heinous events.
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