An Anthropological Look into the Salem Witch Trials

A video I made for my anthropology class covering the events of the 1692 Salem Witch trials and then connecting them to anthropological theories and ideas.

Video Clips are from "In Search of History: The Salem Witch Trials" on the History Channel.

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[CommonSensePete]

Religion is the worst disease mankind has ever faced.

[celshader]

This is what would happen if Creationism was taught in schools and there was a removal of the separation of church and state.

[music4ever415]

at 2:05 your dates are wrong... 1992? the audio is so soft.

[775kdv]

religion is just a way to control the masses..... the people should not have bought into this- this means that they were not very religious and in fact evil.... even if the little girls were hallucinating- they accused innocent people.... even if it was true - dont they care that someone is going to be imprisoned or die.... it just speaks alot about the culture and the hypocrisy - people accused innocent people because they were odd, or they had wealth and land....

[marpamibrna]

@canadiandrummer54 I thought it was ergot poisoning on rye. Same concept with the physical illness, convulsions and hallucinations but I've never heard of the corn blight. Do you have any sources I could read on this?

[oldgunsnroses4eva]

horrible, horrible audio

[waketheoblivious]

Witchcraft includes scripts specificly designed to create chaos and capitalize on the confusion. Deception has the affect of mental kryptonite, causing people to argue democrat/republican socialism/capitalism as the corruption flourishes.

[racheladams456]

@helpimawigger What?! The trials ended over three hundred years ago.

[swu880]

@CommonSensePete

And statism is the newest & most vile religion. Its the belief that the devil which is the state- actually can do anything good- hell its the belief that government is "good and righteous". Yet most morons today cling to that foolish notion that a gang of thieves, liars, murderers, con artists & sexual predators aka the Federal govt is righteous, pure, just & truthful

[wanagi006]

nice job. hope you recieved a good mark for this video. the history of this "situation" and the times that brought it to seed is increadabley harsh.a special thank you for remembering all of the victims, those accused,as well as those that we executed.

many people foreget that so many were imprisoned without ever meeting the hangman. the the jails were horrid ,with fettish water and no sewer....awful. that alone was a death sentence to some. we should remember all of the vicims . thanx.