Statements (44)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:historical_events
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gptkbp:aftermath |
public apology by Massachusetts government
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gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Court_of_Oyer_and_Terminer
over 200 |
gptkbp:cultural_impact |
inspiration for literature and media
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gptkbp:historical_analysis |
examined in sociology and psychology
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gptkbp:historical_significance |
example of mass paranoia
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Witch Trials of 1692
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gptkbp:influenced_by |
Puritan beliefs
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Salem,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:main_cause |
mass hysteria
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gptkbp:notable_case |
trial of Ann Foster
trial of Ann Putnam Jr. trial of Anne Putnam Jr. trial of Bridget Bishop trial of Elizabeth Howe trial of Elizabeth Proctor trial of George Burroughs trial of Giles Corey trial of John Proctor trial of John Willard trial of Martha Corey trial of Mary Easty trial of Mary Warren trial of Mercy Lewis trial of Rebecca Nurse trial of Sarah Good trial of Sarah Osborne trial of Susannah Martin trial of Tituba trial of William Hobbs |
gptkbp:notable_figures |
gptkb:Tituba
gptkb:Cotton_Mather gptkb:Rebecca_Nurse |
gptkbp:outcome |
end of trials in May 1693
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gptkbp:reform |
increased skepticism towards witchcraft accusations
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gptkbp:related_event |
gptkb:Witchcraft_Act_of_1735
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gptkbp:related_to |
European witch hunts
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gptkbp:type_of_trial |
witch trial
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gptkbp:was_executed_by |
gptkb:20
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gptkbp:year |
1692
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Ruth_Putnam
gptkb:Judge_Samuel_Sewall |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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