Tituba Confession

It was a cold night in February of 1692, and Tituba was doing her daily chores. Abigail and Betty had been suffering from a strange illness. With the rumors going around town, Tituba knew it was only a matter of time before she would be questioned. Sure enough on that same night a doctor came to examine the girls and he diagnosed them to be victims of witchcraft.

After his daughter was diagnosed, Samuel Parris began asking the girls about incidents he had witnessed. He said that he has seen the girls chanting strange words in the kitchen and dancing around in a circle in the forest with no other than Tituba.

At first the girls denied the accusations that these events involved witchcraft, but after hours of questioning the stories changed. Abigail said, "It wasn't me calling upon the devil, it was Tituba!"

Tituba was called into the room was faced with the pointing finger of Abigail screaming "She made me drink blood." She also initially denied the accusations saying that Abigail begged her to teach her how to be able to see her future. "It was harmless fun and I didn't afflict the girls," said Tituba.

Tituba soon realized that if she continued to deny being a witch, that she would more than likely be sentenced to death. So she made the decision to make a confession. She had talked to Parris many times and knew exactly what everyone wanted to hear. She described how she had sold her soul to the devil. There was a book that she had to sign with blood. As she did so she stated that she also saw the blood of two local outcasts; Sarah Osborne and Sarah Good. Tituba also said that there were four other blood stains, but she did not know who they were. This in turn started the panic that anyone in Salem could be one of the other four witches.