Tuesday Feb 21, 2023

52. Witch Trials: Tituba (part 2)

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This young woman's experience exists at the heart of the Salem Witch Trials. And while we will likely never know Tituba's true intentions or motivations, we do know that she confessed. In part 2, we will read HER words and see how the magistrates pushed her to tell a perfect tale. Join your favorite Salem tour guides as they discuss Tituba Indian's role in 1692, what we know of her fate, and how she's treated by history in the centuries to follow.

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
https://salemwitchmuseum.com/videos/race-and-the-salem-witch-trials/
Salem Witch Trial Documentary Archive and Transcription Project
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/unraveling-mysteries-tituba-salem-witch-trials-180956960/
"The Metamorphosis of Tituba, or Why American Intellectuals Can't Tell an Indian Witch from a Negro" by Chadwick Hansen. New England Quarterly