Salem Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials And The Aftermath Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams wanted to know who there future husbands would be and what kind of work they would do. As Puritans living in the wear 1692 dabbiling in the occult practice of fortune telling was forbidden. Back then it was believed that tampering with God could lead you to Satan. One of the girls instead of seeing a future husband saw something in the shape of a …

…the world. To get over the witch trials the town hired Joseph Green to replace Samuel Parris as minister. The families of the victims asked to rejoin the church congregation and there request to join was granted. Not all of the families rejoined the church some went out of town to go to church. Salem Village really never fully recovered from the trials but the town did pickup the pieces the best they knew how.