Enslaved woman. Confessed witch. A catalyst of the Salem Witch Trials. Tituba is perhaps one of the most well-known figures of 1692 Salem. She is also one whose story is often misconstrued and misunderstood. Let's talk about where she comes from, her likely origins, her time in Barbados, and her role in the lives of young Betty and Abigail. We'll conclude Tituba's story in two weeks!
**TW: In this episode we discuss sensitive topics such as slavery and racism.
 
RESOURCES
Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies by Elaine Breslaw
The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege by Marilynn K. Roach
Six Women of Salem by Marilynn K. Roach

Maya Rook, Cultural Historian - Illusory Time
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive (Link to all references of Tituba)
Salem Witch Museum
Smithsonian Magazine
"The Metamorphosis of Tituba, or Why American Intellectuals Can't Tell an Indian Witch from a Negro," by Chadwick Hansen, The New England Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 1 (1974), pp. 3-12. https://www.jstor.org/stable/364324
 
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