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Salem witch trials: Media

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Did Rye Bread Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
The root of Salem's problems could have been at the supper table.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
What sparked the Salem witch trials?
Learn about the Salem witch trials and their legacy.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Salem witch trial
A scene of the trials in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony, hand-colored engraving.
© North Wind Picture Archives
Witchcraft
A witch and her familiars; illustration from a discourse on witchcraft, 17th century;...
Courtesy British Library, from the British Library archive (Add. 32496, f.49)
Salem witch trial
Witch trial in Salem, Massachusetts, lithograph by George H. Walker, 1892.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-DIG-pga-02986)
Salem witch trials
Salem witch trials, illustration from Pioneers in the Settlement of America...
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather, portrait by Peter Pelham; in the collection of the American Antiquarian...
Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
Joseph McCarthy
U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy (center) during an investigation into alleged communist...
© APA—Hulton Archive/Getty Images