Tituba's confession lights the fire
1692 · Event
The first three accused are exactly who a village would accuse: a beggar, a bedridden outcast, and the minister's enslaved Caribbean servant Tituba — who, likely beaten and certainly cornered, confesses spectacularly: a tall man with a book, witches' meetings, a conspiracy. Her survival teaches the fatal lesson of Salem: confess and accuse others, and you live; insist on innocence, and you hang.
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