What Happened After The Witch Trials

Salem Witch Trials



What Happened After The Salem Witch Trials

        After the end of the Salem witch trials, the accusers ended up having a normal life. No regret about their past except one out of the six accusers, Ann Putnam Jr., did a public apology in 1706. She accused 62 people. Samuel Parris’s father of Betty Parris was the one to blame Tituba, and he apologized in 1694 saying "I may have been mistaken." He was soon kicked out of the village, and Thomas Green became the new Reverend. Next, Governor Phips was kicked from his position because he truly knew that innocent people were being killed. He also made and ran the courts of Oyer and Terminer. Nineteen fifty-seven was the year where all of the witches’ names were cleared, and in 1992 a memorial was made to honor the victims of the Salem witch trials. This event is an important part of America’s history, we can learn from these incidents so we can prevent chaos like this in the future.