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Have You Ever Heard Of Tituba, The Enslaved Woman At The Center Of The Salem Witch Trials?
costumes. When considering them through a more historical lens, we are commonly introduced to witches through the Salem witch trials — the infamous prosecutions of over 100 people following the exhibition of strange and unusual behavior in a Puritan town. In our learnings about one of the country’s first literal witch hunt, one person stands out; Tituba, an enslaved woman who was one of the first women to be accused of witchcraft.We know Tituba was of color, with varying accounts describing her as Native Southern American or half African, half Native.
