She was a servant in the house of Reverend Parris. Tituba was a dark woman from Barbados, and could have quite possibly been the cause of the horrible events in Salem Village starting up. Many girls from Salem Village were caught by Reverend Parris as they were dancing in woods while Tituba stirred a stew in a crucible, and chanted words in her Barbados tongue. Supposedly, Ann Putnam sent her daughter to Tituba to try and conjure the spirits of her dead babies. She wanted to find out who had killed them at birth, and she suspected Rebecca Nurse, as Rebecca had been a midwife for Ruth in more than one case where the baby "shriveled in her hands". Of course, nobody had anticipated the girls being caught... At first, the girls involved were being accused of witchcraft, but Abigail
She was a servant in the house of Reverend Parris. Tituba was a dark woman from Barbados, and could have quite possibly been the cause of the horrible events in Salem Village starting up. Many girls from Salem Village were caught by Reverend Parris as they were dancing in woods while Tituba stirred a stew in a crucible, and chanted words in her Barbados tongue. Supposedly, Ann Putnam sent her daughter to Tituba to try and conjure the spirits of her dead babies. She wanted to find out who had killed them at birth, and she suspected Rebecca Nurse, as Rebecca had been a midwife for Ruth in more than one case where the baby "shriveled in her hands". Of course, nobody had anticipated the girls being caught... At first, the girls involved were being accused of witchcraft, but Abigail