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Witchcraft in Salem Village http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/ The Witchcraft in Salem Village web site provides access to primary source material on the witchcraft trial in Salem Village, (now Danvers) Massachusetts in 1692. This material includes archival documents from the Essex County Court Archives, Peabody and Essex Museum, Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Historical Society, Beverly Historical Society, and the University of Virginia Special Collections. There are also lists of accusers, defenders, accused, 'afflicted girls', members of the jury, Puritan ministers involved and judges. The site includes the verbatim transcripts of the 1692 trails. These transcripts can be viewed by complete volume, browsed via a contents page or searched. It is possible to carry out a keyword or phrase search which can be narrowed down according to date, name of accused or title of archive. The facility for compound searching is also available. The site also has a name index. The creators of the site have reproduced four books on witchcraft from the late seventeenth century. Other features of the site include maps of Salem Village and a list of FAQs from the Salem (Danvers) Village archivist, a history of Danvers and information on the Danvers Archival Center. The Witchcraft in Salem Village web site forms part of the electronic text center at the University of Virginia.
Historical theme:
Social history | Ecclesiastical
& religious history
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