proof that he sees her as an equal

Talks about her view on the British and also her views on liberty. Shows how educated they were.

Sarah Good in her confession charges that Sarah Osburne of witchcraft. I wonder if this was normal just to divert attention from what they're accused that and accuse others. I bet that added a lot to the hysteria.

Sarah Good was one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft. She was the perfect candidate for the witch hunt since she was known as poor, a beggar, and when she was denied she would mutter under her breath. She also did not attend church. She might have been the perfect candidate because maybe people didn't see her as normal.

(http://historyofmassachusetts.org/sarah-good-accused-witch/)

This claim was found to be false. But it wasn't false because Good gave counter evidence. Coincidently someone admitted that the knife that the accuser had actually broke another time. I find it surprising that someone had the integrity to come forth and admit that a charge was falsified. The judge scolded the girl for lying, yet didn't go back and check on more evidence. Spectral evidence was still trusted and used, showing that nothing was going to stop this witch hunt.

http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/good.html

Sarah Good was charged with mumbling at people - which obviously makes her witch to them. Given that Good was poor it seems plausible that this allowed her to be a target. She was a beggar and would be denied by people. She was probably muttering rude things about these people. But given the fact that some may see her as "strange" and because she wasn't of high status may have helped bring these charges, have as many witnesses as she did, and ultimately lead to her execution.

(http://people.ucls.uchicago.edu/~snekros/New%20World%20News/New_World_News/Guilty_Before_Trial.html)

When reading the charges of Sarah Good seeing words like "appeared" or "came to" make me think that what these witnesses are describing is not Good actually physically appearing but a spirit of her. Seems like most of these accusations come from spectral evidence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_evidence)

Given that spectral evidence was allowed and is very unreliable, I wonder how many people believed these accusations or knew that these were lies but allowed it anyways.