Salem Witch Trials

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath public apologies
reversal of convictions
compensation to victims' families
gptkbp:cause mass hysteria
fear of witchcraft
social tensions
religious extremism
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate May 1693
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Salem Witch Trials
gptkbp:location gptkb:Salem,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Salem_Witch_Trials_Memorial
gptkb:Proctor's_Ledge_Memorial
gptkbp:method hanging
gptkbp:notableClergyman gptkb:Cotton_Mather
gptkb:Increase_Mather
gptkb:Samuel_Parris
gptkb:Nicholas_Noyes
gptkbp:notableDefendant gptkb:Susannah_Sheldon
gptkb:Abigail_Williams
gptkb:Elizabeth_Parris
gptkb:Ann_Putnam_Jr.
gptkb:Betty_Parris
gptkb:Elizabeth_Hubbard
gptkb:Mary_Walcott
gptkb:Mercy_Lewis
Mary Warren
Sarah Churchill
gptkbp:notableJudge gptkb:John_Hathorne
gptkb:Samuel_Sewall
gptkb:William_Stoughton
gptkb:Bartholomew_Gedney
gptkb:Jonathan_Corwin
gptkb:Nathaniel_Saltonstall
gptkb:Peter_Sargeant
gptkb:Wait_Winthrop
gptkb:Thomas_Danforth
gptkbp:notableVictim gptkb:John_Willard
gptkb:Mary_Bradbury
gptkb:George_Burroughs
gptkb:Giles_Corey
gptkb:Martha_Corey
gptkb:Rebecca_Nurse
gptkb:Sarah_Good
gptkb:Tituba
gptkb:Mary_Parker
gptkb:Elizabeth_Proctor
gptkb:John_Proctor
gptkb:Alice_Parker
gptkb:Ann_Pudeator
gptkb:Bridget_Bishop
gptkb:Elizabeth_Howe
gptkb:Margaret_Scott
gptkb:Martha_Carrier
gptkb:Mary_Eastey
gptkb:Samuel_Wardwell
gptkb:Sarah_Cloyce
gptkb:Sarah_Osborne
gptkb:Sarah_Wildes
gptkb:Susannah_Martin
gptkb:Wilmot_Redd
gptkb:Abigail_Hobbs
gptkb:Dorcas_Hoar
gptkb:George_Jacobs_Sr.
gptkbp:numberOfExecutions 19
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleAccused over 200
gptkbp:numberOfPeoplePressedToDeath 1
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:European_witch_hunts
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:The_Crucible
gptkb:Salem_(TV_series)
gptkb:Witch_Hunt_(book)
gptkbp:significance influenced legal procedures regarding evidence
major event in American colonial history
symbol of injustice and mass hysteria
gptkbp:startDate February 1692
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:First_Church_in_Salem
gptkb:Old_Burying_Point_Cemetery
gptkb:Charter_Street_Cemetery,_Salem,_Massachusetts
gptkb:Puritan_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6