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Reverend Samuel Parris

Reverend Samuel Parris. Bree & Caleb. Background, Anyone?. Invited to Salem in 1688 by John Putnam. When Putnam invited him he was a marginally successful planter and merchant in Barbados. A year later after negotiations over benefits Parris accepted the job as Village minister.

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Reverend Samuel Parris

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  1. Reverend Samuel Parris Bree & Caleb

  2. Background, Anyone? • Invited to Salem in 1688 by John Putnam. • When Putnam invited him he was a marginally successful planter and merchant in Barbados. • A year later after negotiations over benefits Parris accepted the job as Village minister. • He moved to Salem with his wife, Elizabeth, six-year-old daughter Betty, niece Abagail Williams and his slave Tituba.

  3. Doctor! Doctor! • In January of 1962, Parris’ daughter and niece grew ill. • William Griggs, village doctor, diagnosed it as bewitchment.

  4. Let’s Foreshadow a Bit • Griggs’ diagnoses set in motion a purging force. • He started the force that got 19 men and women hanged. (One man crushed too.) • Several died in prison. • Anyone who didn’t get killed was scarred and changed forever. • Prisons were filled by upwards of 150 women from surrounding villages.

  5. What Can Be Said About the Reverend? • Notorious personality, if you don’t believe me, the dude hanged his own daughter. • Proves that giving full religious power to self-centered, deceptive individuals is bad. • Held great antipathy toward his opponents in Salem. • Whether or not Parris was somewhat responsible after beginning to preach about the work of the Devil in the world is up to discussion.

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