Important links

There are many websites where lots of information can be found about this important historical event. In this post I am going to comment on some of them for those of you who want to go deeper in the reasons that led people to accuse their neighbours of being witches.

• Famous american trials: The Salem Witch Hunt. In this web site you can find primary sources of the examination of the accusers, as well as the original manuscripts of the first accounts that were written. 

• National Geographic: The Salem Witch Hunt. This interactive website offers you visual information about the Salem witch-hunt as well as a narration of the events a many resources so that you can get a clear idea of what happened. 

Caption from the National Geographic website

• Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive. Here you can find all the original records that have been preserved from the trials and the examinations. Thus, here you can learn the exact contents of the accusations, who accused who and how the judges and the legal authorities examined both the accusers and the accused in order to get the real causes behind the accusations. 

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