![]() ![]() Susanna sells the couple to Reverend Samuel Parris (whose historical counterpart is the fanatical Puritan who incited the Salem witch trials). She continues to communicate with the spirits of Abena, Yao, and Mama Yaya but ignores their warnings when she falls in love with a slave named John Indian, consenting to live with him and be a servant to his owner, Susanna Endicott. After Mama Yaya dies, Tituba lives on her own. ![]() Yao commits suicide, and Tituba is sent off the plantation.Ī spiritual healer named Mama Yaya adopts Tituba and teaches her herbal healing practices and spiritual arts. At seven, Tituba witnesses the public hanging of her mother for fighting off a rape attempt. Abena’s slave owner in Barbados discovers her pregnancy and gives her to Yao, another slave. The narrative opens with the story of Tituba’s conception, when her mother, Abena, is raped on a slave ship. ![]()
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