By Emilee Whitford and Kody Clearman

Sarah Good

Sarah good was one of the first women of 3 to be accused and convicted of witchcraft.

Was hangedLived in the Salem village“most people were in support of ridding

Salem village of her presence.”

What role did Sarah Good play in the trials?

Poor Not social unless beggingOutcastHomeless beggarDid not fit the Puritan mold.

What was Sarah Good’s social and economic status in the Salem community? Sarah Good’s occupation? Was she well off? Was she educated, upper class, middle class, lower class, poor?

39 years oldWas accused and forced to go through the

trials on March 1st 1692

How old was your Sarah Good at the time of the trials?

MarriedHad 9 kids

Was Sarah Good married or single?

She thought she was a good Christian

Was Sarah Good regarded as a good Christian?

People thought that when she mumbled she was directing curses at people.

Was there any gossip around about Sarah Good?

Homeless beggarBegged door to door with her childrenHer visits would seem to result in the death

of livestock.

Sarah Good’s reputation in the community?

Two husbandsForced to sell her landHomeless 9 kidsBegged for food, work, and shelter

Did Sarah Good suffer from ill health or any sort of hardship?

No one liked her Held a grudge against Reverend Nicholas

Noyes who was a victim of her witchcraft“You’re a liar! I’m no more a witch than you

are a wizard! If you take my life away, God will give you blood to drink!”

Did Sarah Good bear a grudge against anyone in the community(or did people in the community dislike her)?

www2.iath.virginia.edu/salem/people/good.html law.umkc.edu/faculty/project/ftrials/salem/

sal_bgoo.htm http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/saxon-salem/servlet/

saxonservlet?spurce=salem/texts/bios.xml&style=salem/xsl/dynaxml.sl&chunk.id=bb&cleur-stylesheety-cache+yes

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