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Because of their claims, mass hysteria reigned. Approximately twenty people were put to death due to false accusations of them being witches. On February 29, 1692, three more women were found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. Of those three women included: Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourne, and Tituba, one of Parris' servants. Only Tituba confessed to the charges. Good was hanged, and Osbourne died in captivity. Tituba herself was sentenced to do hard time, but she was released a year later by being bailed out by an unknown person. However, the hunt for witches didn't cease and soon spread leading to the deaths of nineteen more people. | Because of their claims, mass hysteria reigned. Approximately twenty people were put to death due to false accusations of them being witches. On February 29, 1692, three more women were found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. Of those three women included: Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourne, and Tituba, one of Parris' servants. Only Tituba confessed to the charges. Good was hanged, and Osbourne died in captivity. Tituba herself was sentenced to do hard time, but she was released a year later by being bailed out by an unknown person. However, the hunt for witches didn't cease and soon spread leading to the deaths of nineteen more people. | ||
It's unknown what became of Abigail Williams after everything was said and done, and it's unknown if she was ever held accountable for these tragedies. {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Abigail}} | It's unknown what became of Abigail Williams after everything was said and done, and it's unknown if she was ever held accountable for these tragedies. | ||
== Trivia == | |||
* In Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur portrayed Abigail Williams and John Proctor however in real life Arthur and Arthur and Abigail were never in relationship with each other. | |||
* Unlike Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur Miller was married to Elizabeth Bassett. There was also a huge age difference between Arhtur and Abigail in the real trials during 1692 Arthur was 60 years old and Abigail was 12. | |||
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