The Salem Witch Trials

By anndreaolsen

  • Reverand Cotton Mather was born

    Cotton Mather was a big part of the trials

  • The start of the trials

  • 27 innocents tried for witchcraft

    27 innocents tried for witchcraft between this time and september 17, 1692

  • 27 individuals tried for witchcraft

    27 innocents tried for witchcraft between June 2, 1962 and september 17, 1962

  • end of the trials

  • most of the guilty verdicts were reversed

  • most of the families of the dead were compensated