Read Thomas Brattle: Condemnation of Witchcraft Trials
Withcraft hysteria seized Salem village (now Danvers), Massachusetts, in the spring of 1692, when a group of young women began experiencing hysterical pains and delusions. The local physican could find no physical cause, so the Reverend Samuel Parris and a conference of ministers attribute the malady to witchcraft.....
...contrary to popular legend, no one was burned at the stake. Thomas Brattle, later treasurer of Harvard College, rendered a vivid account of the episode in the following letter of October 8, 1692, to an unknown English clergyman...... Source MHSC< 1798 V. pp 61-69
Yes, some were convicted and some were killed but it was the witches who started the rumor that some were burned at the stake. The judges may have been mislead and may have been wrong...I WON'T JUDGE THEM AS JUST AS YOU LIKE!
Chris |
