Tituba, South American by birth in 1674, was taken captive and transported to Barbados and eventually sold into a life of slavery. Sometime in 1689, she found herself in Boston after procurement by Samuel Parris in Barbados. Later year, Tituba was the beginning of what developed into the Salem Witch Trials. Tituba along with two other women accused of witchcraft after they attempted to use voodoo on Samuel Parris’s daughter who befell ill and her condition took a turn for the worse after their attempts. Tituba was arrested but never prosecuted due to lack of evidence after she rescinded her initial confession. Tituba remain incarcerated until an unknown individual purchased her for the unpaid fees of being incarcerated. The pages of history
