We investigate the lives of the afflicted persons during the Salem Witch Trials, focusing on their roles as servants and their marriage prospects. The episode delves into the stories of key figures Abigail Williams, Elizabeth Hubbard, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis, Sarah Churchill, Elizabeth Parris, Ann Putnam Jr., Mary Walcott, Susannah Sheldon, and Daniel Wilkins. Listeners will learn about the diverse backgrounds and fates of these individuals, and how their afflictions impacted their lives and the trials themselves.

00:00 Introduction to the Afflicted Girls of Salem

01:30 Abigail Williams: The First Afflicted Girl

02:07 Elizabeth Hubbard: The Doctor's Niece

02:51 Mary Warren: The Proctor's Servant

04:07 Mercy Lewis: The Orphaned Maid

05:10 Sarah Churchill: The Accuser and Confessor

06:03 Other Afflicted Persons and Their Fates

09:50 Conclusion: The Diverse Lives of the Afflicted

⁠Bernard Rosenthal, ed., Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt

The Thing About Witch Hunts / About Salem YouTube channel

⁠Salem Witch Trials Daily Hub:

Salem Witch Trials Daily Course Week 5: The Framework of Death

⁠The Thing About Salem

⁠The Thing About Witch Hunts

⁠Emerson W. Baker, A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience

⁠Marilynne K. Roach, The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege

⁠Mary Beth Norton, In the Devil’s Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692

Peabody Essex Museum Salem Witch Trials Collection