11 Matching Annotations
  1. Oct 2024
    1. hereby their lives were taken away from them,

      Lives were taken due to Ann's accusations. Ann feels overwhelmed with guilt for accusing people who she now believes in their innocence. Did other people write similar accusations or just Ann?

    2. ear eight years old, brother Richard says,

      Was Richard questioned as to being a witch. How old was Richard. Were men ever being accused of being a witch?

    3. The examination of Sarah Carrier, 1692

      The audience are judges who are caught up in the witchcraft time. Only believing what they hear not what is factual.

    4. hom now I have just grounds and good reason to believe they were innocent persons;

      Ann felt bad that she falsely accused others who now she believed in their innocence. Wondering if Sarah looked back on her life feeling any guilt in the death of her mother.

    5. deluded

      Deluded isn't a word that we use today. Satan was scheming and telling lies to make Ann believe his shenanigans.

    6. f Ann Putnam, 1706

      Ann Putnam 1706. Ann is thinking back to 1692 same time period as Sarah Carrier

    7. providence

      Providence is God's guidance for the universe, destiny God's will.

    8. he afflicted Phelp’s child

      This shows that they knew nothing about disease. The Phelps child could've gotten sick from a number of things.

    9. How did your mother carry you when she was in prison?  A. She came like a black cat.

      This could be the child's imagination. There is no scientific proof that the mother was a cat. This testimony condemned her mother to death.

    10. e black man; th

      This sounds like the Grimm Reaper the man of death, Christianity was a big part of their culture. This is before the great awakening.

    11. 1692

      Sarah Carrier is 6 years old, being asked questions by the judge