Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies (American Social Experience)
Breslaw (history, Univ. of Tennessee) provides a fascinating account of Tituba, an American Indian slave woman whose confession inspired much of the 1692 Salem witch trials. Breslaw reveals Tituba as a South American (not an African, as 19th- and 20th-century writers supposed) who was sold into slavery in Barbados and came to Salem with the Reverend Samuel Parris, her owner. Tituba skillfully used her knowledge and storytelling ability to save her own life and to express defiance of her master both in her confession and in her subsequent recantation. Highly recommended for scholars in American history and literature as well as general readers.Carolyn M. Craft, Longwood Coll., Farmville, Va.Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.