Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive You may have read Arthur Miller's The Crucible or seen movies about the Salem Witch Trials, but nothing tells the full story like the actual court records. This site collects primary source materials from one of American history's most sensationalized and misunderstood episodes. From 1692 to 1693, over 160 people were accused of witchcraft in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and 25 died as a result, many of them executed. Essays describe key figures in the trials, such as Elizabeth Parris and Elizabeth Hubbard, two of the girls first accused of witchcraft. Seventeenth-century books and documents shed light on the culture and times that led to the hysteria. (in U.S. History)
