The Salem Witch Trials: Unfair Towards The Victim

The Salem Witch Trials were very unfair towards the victims. People were classified as witches when they act strange or different from the majority. The people classified as witches were put on trial and then hanged if they were found guilty. This was also somewhat sexist since the Salem Witch Trial victims were mostly women. People shouldn’t judge others and accuse them of being witches. Most people don’t even have enough evidence to accuse them of being a witch. There has not been one single person who has seen the victims serve the devil or seen one approach the victims. This shows that the people who have accused the victims were being prejudice. The result of the Witch Trials were not just because of sexism, but religion. Since the people of Salem were Catholic, everyone hated the devil. So if someone saw a person acting a bit strange, they would think that the person is working with the devil. The person who saw these strange acts would report it and the “witch” would be put on trial. If the person was found guilty, he/she would be hanged. If there was no religion, …show more content…
Jeffrey MacDonald, Samuel Parris and Thomas Putnam were the ones to blame for the accusations of witches. At the beginning of the trials, Parris’ niece and daughter were acting very strange. They then blamed two women for acting strange. Then Parris’ slave, Tituba, was forced to confess and she told Parris about nine other witches. Soon after, many people were on the hunt for witches and more people started to accuse random people of acting strange. Then Putnam revises records of the accused and made it seem like they’re guilty. The accused were then found guilty and hung. The death of the accused was not the accuser’s fault. It was mainly Parris and Putnam’s fault. They were the ones who started widespread accusations. If it weren’t for them, many innocent people wouldn’t have