Tituba
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Tituba was a Native American? slave woman who was one of the first to be accused of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials of 1692–1693.
Illustration of Tituba by John W. Ehninger, 1902
Tituba, as portrayed in the 19th century by artist Alfred Fredericks in W.C. Bryant's A Popular History of the United States
Salem witch trials
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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Thirty people were found guilty, nineteen of whom were executed by hanging. One other man, Giles Corey, died under torture after refusing to enter a plea, and at least five people died in jail.
The central figure in this 1876 illustration of the courtroom is usually identified as Mary Walcott.
Portrait of Increase Mather, 1688, by Joan van der Spriet
Reverend Cotton Mather
The present-day archaeological site of the Salem Village parsonage