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Salem Witch trials and Ann Putnam

By: Emilyn J. and Audrey B.

Why she wrote the book

Ann Rinaldi

We think Ann Rinaldi wrote this book because she was interested in the Salem witch trials. Ann Rinaldi also may have wanted to rewrite her own events that took place in the Salem witch trials with her own characters, like Susanna English's role, and so could put her own twists in the storyline. Rinaldi may have wanted to write a book so kids like us can learn about it without having to read a documentary book.

All about the author

Ann Rinaldi was born in Somerville, New Jersey. She is a Young fiction author who has written, and is known for her historical fiction books.

Other books by the author

Dear America, In my father’s house, The last silk dress, An acquaintance with darkness, A Break with Charity, Hang 1,000 trees with ribbons. Ann is a wife and mother

Ann Putnam

Ann was born to Thomas Putnam and Ann Putnam on October 18, 1679 and died at 37 years old from chronic illness. Ann accused 62 people and 17 were killed of the 62. Ann was 12 years of age when the trials began and was 13 when they ended.

Ann Putnam

Why did Ann Putnam accuse people?

Ann Putnam accused because her mother wanted to get revenge on her enemies for killing her children.

Who else was afflicted?

Besides Ann Putnam, ten other girls were afflicted. One of witch was Betty Paris, the Reverend's own daughter. Ann Putnam was the leader of the circle, and therefor the other girls followed her example in naming people as witches.

Did Ann Putnam apologize?

Yes. At the end of the book: "A Break With Charity", Ann Putnam did, in fact, apologize for her actions. Ann Putnam said:

"I desire to be humbled before God. It was a great delusion of Satan that deceived me in that sad time. I did not do it out of anger, malice, or ill-will to any person, for I had no such thing against one of them; but what I did was ignorantly done, being deluded by satin."

Summary

A Break With Charity Summary

Ann Putnam one of the afflicted girls, brought the devil to Salem town in 1692. Susanna a fictional character, who came from a wealthy merchant family, was not welcomed by the girls for her wealth. Tituba the house mid who was the wrong leader of the circle. One of the first “ẅitches” accused by Ann and the other girls in the circle Tittuba didn't tell the truth because she wanted to make her master happy, and did not want anymore beatings. The girls, continued to wreak their havoc on the city. Susanna finally fed up with the nonsense of the girls “breaks charity” and saves Salem from the devil.

Fun facts

  • All the girls are under the age of 20
  • More witches were accused in Andover than Salem.
  • In Salem more people were hanged because of witches

Salem Witch trials video

Video

We chose this video because it explains and recaps what happened in the Salem Witch trials.

Salem witch trials

The Salem witch trials were a series of prosecutions and investigations that caused a madness and 1692-1693 so called witches to be hanged and many other imprisoned all because of a group of girls.

Salem Witch Trials

Similarities & Difference

The similarities include

  • Susanna English did marry Johnathan Hawthorn
  • Ann Putnam did apologize to everyone for her acts

The differences include

  • The cause was supposedly ergot i the grain
  • The English family had more children.
  • Ann Putnam had 8 other siblings

Sources

Here are the different sources we used and what we used for our presentation.

Sources

Source one:

This sorce helped us with finding out if Ann Putnam was a villan or victum:

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/ann-putnam-jr/

Source 1

Source 2:

This sorce taught us about famous trials:

https://famous-trials.com/salem/2046-asa-put

Source 2

Source 3

This source helped us with Event facts and history:

https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials

Source 3

Source 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ5bpFVFUZU

Source 4

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