In Salem 1692 a young woman became embroiled in America’s most famous witch trial. Tituba was an enslaved woman who was both accused and an accuser, and her role in the events of 1692 has led to her being labelled America’s most famous witch. However in her own time she was neither famous nor a witch, but a woman dragged from her home and family and sent to live a hard life in a foreign land. In this episode we look at her possible origins and her role in the Salem witch trials.
Sources/Further Reading
Gibson, Marion: Witchcraft, a History in 13 trials
Breslaw, Elaine G: Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem - Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies
Schiff, Stacey: The Witches, Salem 1692 - A History
Newell, Margaret Ellen: Brethren by Nature
Hourly History: Salem Witch Trials: A History from Beginning to End
Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Salem Witch Trials Timeline." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, https://www.thoughtco.com/salem-witch-trials-timeline-3530778
Beckles, Sir Hilary: On Barbados, the First Black Slave Society https://www.aaihs.org/on-barbados-the-first-black-slave-society/
Called, Robert: Giving the Devil her Due: The Neglected History of Tituba, Salems First Witch https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/tag/robert-calef/#_ftn6
Newell, Margaret Ellen: The Changing Nature of Indian Slavery in New England 1670-1720 https://www.colonialsociety.org/node/1397 The Changing Nature of Indian Slavery in New England, 1670–1720
The Salem Witchcraft Papers https://web.archive.org/web/20161121163203/http://salem.lib.virginia.edu/texts/tei/swp?div_id=n125&term=tituba&name=
Baker, Jordan: Native-American Slavery in New England https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/native-american-slavery-in-new-england/
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