Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem - Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies

Tituba, a young house servant from the West Indies, allegedly influenced and encouraged occult activities among teenage girls in 17th century Massachusetts, which led to the infamous witch hunts of Salem. This book offers "an imaginative reconstruction of what might have been Tituba's past".--TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT. "A valuable probe of how myths can feed hysteria".--THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD. 15 photos. 256 pp.

About the author

Elaine G. Breslaw retired as Professor of History from Morgan State University in Baltimore after 29 years and has taught on an adjunct basis at Johns Hopkins University, Goucher College, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the author of Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem: Devilish Indians and Puritan Fantasies (NYU Press, 1995), Witches of the Atlantic World: An Historical Reader and Primary Sourcebook (NYU Press, 2000), and Dr. Alexander Hamilton and Provincial America: Expanding the Orbit of Scottish Culture.

Summary

Reconstructing the life of the slave woman at the center of the notorious Salem witch trials, this book follows Tituba from her likely origins in South America to Barbados, forcefully dispelling the commonly-held belief that Tituba was African.

Product details

• Authors: Elaine G Breslaw, Elaine G. Breslaw, Murray N. Rothbard
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.1997
• EAN: 9780814713075
• ISBN: 978-0-8147-1307-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 227 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: The American Social Experience; Tituba, Reluctant Witch of Salem; American Social Experience (Pa; The American Social Experience
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)