Tituba
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Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tituba canonical | 11 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accused witch
ⓘ
enslaved person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ witness ⓘ woman ⓘ |
| accused |
Sarah Good
ⓘ
Sarah Osborne ⓘ |
| afterRelease | fate unknown ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | beginning of the Salem witchcraft panic ⓘ |
| confessedTo |
practicing witchcraft
ⓘ
seeing other witches ⓘ signing the devil’s book ⓘ |
| country | Colonial America ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
subject of historical reinterpretation and scholarship
ⓘ
symbol of racialized and gendered persecution in witch trials ⓘ |
| date | 1692 ⓘ |
| employedBy | Samuel Parris ⓘ |
| enslavedBy | Samuel Parris ⓘ |
| gaveTestimonyIn |
Salem witch trials
ⓘ
surface form:
Salem witchcraft examinations
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity |
African descent
ⓘ
Indigenous ⓘ |
| hasRole | household servant ⓘ |
| historicalRecordStatus | partially documented ⓘ |
| household | Parris household in Salem Village ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of witches and witchcraft in American culture ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
eventually released from jail
ⓘ
imprisoned during Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| legalStatusDuringTrials | accused ⓘ |
| lifeDetails |
exact birth date unknown
ⓘ
exact death date unknown ⓘ exact place of origin uncertain ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Salem witch trial transcripts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accusing others of witchcraft in Salem
ⓘ
early confessions during the Salem witch trials ⓘ influencing the spread of witchcraft hysteria in Salem ⓘ |
| occupation | domestic worker ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Salem witch trials
ⓘ
witchcraft accusations of 1692 ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
Massachusetts Bay Colony
ⓘ
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) ⓘ
surface form:
Salem Village
|
| portrayedAs | Caribbean slave in many literary works ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | The Crucible ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Christianity (contested)
|
| sourceOfInformation | court records of Salem witch trials ⓘ |
| spokeLanguage | English ⓘ |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Salem Village
subject surface form:
Elizabeth Parris
subject surface form:
Elizabeth Parris
subject surface form:
Betty Parris
subject surface form:
Betty Parris