Parris was starving and without pay), which caused convulsions and hallucinations. However, the ergot theory only accounts for the first few girls to be "afflicted". Most of the girls may not have been genuinely sick, but found new power in a society where girls were controlled by their male relatives and confined in boring roles as pious mothers and wives. After the few original girls were "bewitched", more adolescent girls like Abigail Dobbs (who was a generally distrusted snot) and Ann Putnam followed, gaining legitimacy, sympathy, and excitement where they had none before. In a few cases girls may have been manipulated into accusing those with more valuable land, such as Sarah Osburn, a rich heiress. However, this is unlikely as women (who made up the majority of the accused) seldom held land. Besides, their relatives or husbands would inherit any land they did possess. At this point villagers began to doubt the girls' motives, but those who spoke out became the next in line for the noose. Even worse, those who did not confess to witchcraft were the ones actually executed. One might ask why these men and women were charged if not for property or the simple corruption of a few suppressed teenagers. In a way, witch hunts were like ridding the town of outcasts. The first to be executed, Bridget Bishop, was a rowdy, flamboyant woman who made the mistake of wearing a red bodice with embroidery and lace that no "honest" woman would wear, thus refusing to play along with a role in which she would have no control over her life. Sarah Good, who came next, was the town beggar. Other races were also victims as even those who converted were considered heathens. People like the South American slave Tituba and several other slaves were accused. After the elimination of the town's low lives, the girls tested their power and accused Rebecca Nurse, a highly regarded woman and even moved on to a reverend, George Burroughs.