Persons Hanged for Witchcraft in Salem-1692

• Bridget Bishop June 10 Giles Corey Sept. 19 (pressed to death) • Sarah Good July 19 Martha Corey Sept. 22 • Elizabeth Howe July 19 Mary Easty Sept. 22 • Susannah Martin July 19 Alice Parker Sept. 22 • Rebecca Nurse July 19 Mary Parker Sept. 22 • Sarah Wildes July 19 Ann Pudeator Sept. 22 • George Burroughs Aug. 19 Margaret Scott Sept. 22 • Martha Carrier Aug. 19 Wilmont Redd Sept. 22 • George Jacobs Aug. 19 Samuel Wardwell Sept. 22 • John Proctor Aug. 19 Died in Jail: Sarah Osborne, Roger Toothaker, Ann • John Willard Aug. 19 Foster, & Linda Dustin. Ended May, 1693. • The girls finally began to be viewed as agents, rather than as victims, of the devil (especially when they began to charge the Governor’s and the President of Harvard’s wives).

• Parris was driven from office, Abby disappeared, and Tituba was sold as a slave to pay for jail costs.

• 13 years later, Ruth (Ann) Putnam apologized (she was the only girl to do this).

• 20 years later, the government awarded compensation to the victims still living and to the families of the dead. • In 1957 (265 years later), the Massachusetts General Court passed a resolution stating that “No disgrace or cause for distress” attached itself to the descendants of those indicted, tried, and sentenced (no names included). • In 1992, the omissions were rectified in a further resolution of the court. It had taken exactly three hundred years for the state to acknowledge its responsibility for all those who died.

The Memorial serves as a reminder that each generation must confront intolerance & "witch hunts" with integrity, clear vision, and courage. Brave Words of Some of the Accused Witches - all of Whom Were Executed:

"I am an innocent person. I never had to do with witchcraft since I was born. I am a Gospel woman." -Martha Corey

"Well! burn me, or hang me, I will stand in the truth of Christ ..." George Jacobs, Sr.

"I can say before my Eternal father I am innocent, & God will clear my innocence." Rebecca Nurse

"The Magistrates, Ministers, and all the People in general, being so much enraged and incensed against us by the Delusion of the Devil, which we can term no other, by reason we know in our own Consciences, we are all Innocent Persons." John Proctor, Sr. Please take out Essay Packet, a highlighter, and a writing utensil!