Dear Salem Witch group - I received the following note from a 9th grade student researching the trails. I thought this group might be able to help with this project - see list of questions, below. Please contact Mitchell directly at CMJ2DRJ2@shtc.net - Thanks. Cathy Hartt, RN, CNM, MS Editor - Empower! women empowering women www.HarttWeb.com/empower cathycnm@msn.com "If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be." Joseph Campbell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitchell Jordan" <CMJ2DRJ2@shtc.net> To: <cathycnm@msn.com> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: salem witch trials > Dear Ms. Hartt, > My name is Haigan Jordan. I am a 9th grade student at Cheraw High > School. I am working on a National History Day Project, concerning the > Salem Witch Trials. I am trying to prove that the accused victims had no > rights and were wrongly executed. While searching for information on the > internet, I came across your web site and discovered that you are a > descendant of Elizabeth Hartt, Mary Easty, and Rebecca Nurse, who is Mary > Easty's sister. When I read about you and your connections with these > accused people I knew I would like to contact you to see if you would be > willing to provide me with any information about these trials. If you could > send me any papers or additional sources it would be greatly appreciated. > My address is 303 Diane Drive > Cheraw, South > Carolina 29520 > > > My E-mail address is CMJ2DRJ2@shtc.net. Please contact me as soon as > possible. Thanks in advance for your time and effort! > > Here are a few questions that I thought I might add if you had time to > answer them. > > Do you feel that it was the responsibility of the court to convict innocent > people in order to prevent more chaos? Why? > > > Do you believe that the accused had any rights to try to defend themselves? > > > Why do you think the "AFFLICTED" girls blamed innocent people? > > > Did you find the Court Of Oyer and Terminer to be very unfair? > > > Do you feel that the accused should have confessed to witchcraft even > though they were innocent, in order to prevent execution? > > Can you tell me any of the Tests that were preformed on the accused to try > to prove witchcraft was being practiced? > > Do you believe that Tituba should have been executed? > > >