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This 10 page paper provides an analysis of this fictitious work based loosely on a real life black woman who confessed to witchcraft during the infamous trials. Tituba's true origin is also examined. The issue of gender is highlighted. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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said, the author claims that she really alone invented Tituba (Manzor-Coats 737). There was a real Tituba, and she was considered to be a witch. Yet, the author claims
that she "was not interested at all in what her real life could have been" (737). But Tituba is real. There is evidence that a slave named Tituba did arrive
from Barbados and was accused of being a witch during the infamous Salem trials during 1692 (737). Of course, the author does not deny Titubas existence, but merely that her
work is a work of fiction and is only slightly based on this black slaves existence. The idea that a black witch existed during the period is startling. One hardly
hears of black witches, which is the point of this inquiry. There were black witches and Tituba is proof of that. Had black witches been excluded from history books for
a reason? If so, why might that be the case? A look at the black and white history of the times is appropriate as is Titubas plight in this realistic
work of fiction. Conde claims that in real life, Tituba had been pardoned and goes back to Barbados (737). Interestingly, Tituba is viewed as the first witch--black or
white-- to actually confess (Anderson). This makes this black woman quite an interesting character and her background is even more unique. Whether the character is real or contrived, Tituba is
representative of many things. She is arguably black (She is half white as her mother was raped by a white man; Moss however claims that the real Tituba is Indian
(9)). Still, Tituba is a woman, a slave, a victim of the witch trials and an immigrant. The roles that Tituba played during the time period says a lot about
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