Jake Gerte Ms. DelGrego Junior English CP November 7 th, 2011
I was born in Salem Village, Massachusetts on July 11, 1653 I was hanged for being a convicted witch on July 19, 1692
My father was John Solart who had a good deal of money. However, my father's estate was tied up in litigation that left me and my family nothing I married a poor servant named Daniel Poole who died in debt in My second marriage was to William Good We had to work on paying off my 1 st husbands debts. We ended up homeless
As a women I received no formal education and didn’t have a career Instead I learned how to tend to the house, cook, wash, clean, and sew.
Everybody in town pretty much hated me because I was always begging for food and shelter for my family and I because we lost all our money and land paying debts that wern’t even ours I was identified as a witch by Tituba and brought to trial
Many other people testified against me as well Much of the reason why was because of my temper I often scolded people who refused to help me in my time of need
Abigail Williams and Betty Parris told people that they were bewitched by me They went into fits during the trial where they would moan, rock, fall to the ground and their eyes would roll back
My own four year old daughter testified against me and said she saw me talking to the devil My husband also told the court the mark of the devil was on my shoulder Tituba also said that I ordered cats to attack the girls wich would explain the bites on their arms Also others said they saw me flying to witch meetings on a broom stick
Needless to say I was convicted and sentenced to death On the day of the hanging all of the other women remained quite but I yelled that I was innocent
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