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- tituba was accused of witchcraft so he had to question her. - tituba is from the island of barbados and at that itme, witchraft was common there. ~amelia
The first to accuse Tituba was Betty Parris. The other three girls who were afflicted in the beginning, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Hubbard, also accused Tituba.
To try to keep herself out of trouble
Tituba, the slave who was accused of witchcraft in Salem Massachussettes, was from Barbados.
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witchcraft
- tituba was accused of witchcraft so he had to question her. - tituba is from the island of barbados and at that itme, witchraft was common there. ~amelia
Witchcraft in Salem. On March 1, 1692, Salem, Massachusetts authorities interrogated Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and an Indian slave, Tituba, to determine if they indeed practiced witchcraft. So began the infamous Salem Witch Trials of 1692 .
The first to accuse Tituba was Betty Parris. The other three girls who were afflicted in the beginning, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam and Elizabeth Hubbard, also accused Tituba.
They were released from jail. This was the case for Abigail and Deliverance Hobbs as well as Tituba.
To try to keep herself out of trouble
Tituba confesses to witchcraft since Abigail and the others were claiming she had committed the crime. Tituba was wanting to escape the extreme punishment of whippings and being hanged and so she took the easy road out and just confessed to a crime she had not commited. The punishment was lesser and she was allowed to just go to church to get the devil out of her instead of getting killed for "witchcraft".
Tituba leads the girls.
They did it to avoid the death penalty.
In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Tituba accuses Goody Good and Goody Osburn of being involved in witchcraft. She said that the devil came to her at night and that Goody Good and Goody Osburn were with him.