Witch Hunts Essay

Witch Hunts
Institution:
Course:
Date:

In one of the most revered moments in the history of America, the red scare was a critical event. It represents one of the times that the American people lived in constant fear of reappraisal of even the food that they ate. It was a time that America was locked in the Cold War with the Soviet Union.


Link // HYPERLINK "http://youthvoices.net/sites/default/files/image/4433/mar/connections.jpg"http://youthvoices.net/sites/default/files/image/4433/mar/connections.jpg
This is an image the represents several centuries of the American history and with a subtle reference to the kind social experience the American public went through. It represents two uneventful occurrences that took places with centuries apart, but with a subtle and disturbing resemblance in reality. In the first incidence, which took place in the year 1692, three citizens are charged for allegedly taking part in witchcraft within Massachusetts in Salem village. When one of the slaves, Tituba, confessed after coercion to the crime, the authorities went out with renewed vigor to root out witches in the community. By the end of the trial, more than 19 men and women who were innocent had been exe...