Essex County witch trials

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Essex_County_witch_trials

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Salem_witch_trials
gptkbp:cause	political instability fear of witchcraft religious fervor social tensions
gptkbp:depictedIn	gptkb:The_Crucible numerous books and films
gptkbp:endDate	1693
gptkbp:eventType	mass hysteria witch hunt
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Essex County witch trials
gptkbp:influenced	popular culture American legal history
gptkbp:legalOutcome	gptkb:Court_of_Oyer_and_Terminer gptkb:Superior_Court_of_Judicature
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Andover,_Massachusetts gptkb:Salem,_Massachusetts gptkb:Essex_County,_Massachusetts gptkb:Beverly,_Massachusetts gptkb:Ipswich,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Giles_Corey gptkb:Rebecca_Nurse gptkb:Sarah_Good gptkb:Tituba gptkb:Cotton_Mather gptkb:Increase_Mather gptkb:Ann_Putnam_Jr. gptkb:Judge_Samuel_Sewall gptkb:Judge_William_Stoughton gptkb:Samuel_Parris gptkb:Elizabeth_Proctor gptkb:John_Proctor Mary Warren
gptkbp:numberOfExecutions	20
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleAccused	over 200
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleDiedInJail	at least 5
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Puritanism mass hysteria witchcraft European witch trials colonial Massachusetts
gptkbp:result	pardons public apologies executions imprisonments
gptkbp:startDate	1692
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Salem_witch_trials
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4