Salem witch trials: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Useful sources include Marion L. Starkey, The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials (1949, reprinted 1989); and John Demos, Entertaining Satan: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England (1982).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - The Witch Trials. | Sep 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - The Witch Trials. | Jul 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - In Our Time - The Salem Witch Trials. | Jan 24, 2026 | ||
| Added top questions in The trials section. | Dec 09, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 30, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 04, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - This Week In History: Salem Witch Trials. | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Jun 09, 2025 | ||
| Updated information about Tituba. | May 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ScholarSpace at JCCC - The Salem Witch Trials. | Apr 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692 (PDF). | Feb 08, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Penn Today - Possessed: The Salem witch trials. | Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education - The Salem Witch Trials. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project - Overview of the Salem Witch Trials. | Jun 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - Salem Witch Trials. | May 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - 1692 - The Witches of Salem. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Oct 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Endowment for the Humanities - The Salem Witch Trials According to the Historical Records. | Aug 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Salem Witch Trial hysteria and the courageous stance of Giles Corey. | Mar 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - The Salem Witch Trials. | Dec 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Salem Witch Trials. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - Salem Witch Trials. | Apr 10, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 11, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 24, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Colonial America - Salem Witchcraft Trials. | Nov 14, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Trials - Salem Witchcraft Trials. | Jun 15, 2019 | ||
| Changed "Caribbean Native American stock" to "Caribbean Native American heritage." | Nov 13, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 07, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kidzworld - The Salem Witch Trials of 1692. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Salem Witch Trials for Kids. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Standing article replaced by new entry. |
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Jan 26, 2016 | |
| Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - The Salem Witch Trials. | May 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Salem Witch Trials. | May 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Salem Witch Trials. | May 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - Witchcraft in Salem. | May 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Battle of Salem Witchcraft Trials. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Aug 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Salem Witch Museum - The Salem Witch Trials of 1692. | Apr 06, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Adventure - Salem. | Feb 16, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 05, 2009 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Feb 05, 2009 | ||
| William A. Craft illustration of trials added. | Feb 05, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | May 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Salem Witchcraft Hysteria. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Famous Trials - The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. | Jun 20, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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