Tituba
17th-century enslaved woman involved in the Salem witch trials / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tituba was a Native American[lower-alpha 1] slave woman who was one of the first to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692–1693.
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Tituba | |
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Other names | Tituba (from Barbados) |
Known for | Accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials |
Criminal charge | Witchcraft |
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She was owned by Samuel Parris, the minister of Salem Village, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. She was pivotal in the trials because she confessed to witchcraft when examined by the authorities, giving credence to the accusations. She accused the two other women, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne, of the same crime. She was imprisoned for over a year but never tried. What happened to her after a grand jury dismissed the case against her in May 1693 is unknown.