Titters Over Time

Samuel parris beat a so called confession out of tituba, then coached her on what to say and how to say it for her eventual public examination. Anybody with a shade darker than a deep pink was under a suspicion in this time period. There is no evidence that she did any sort of cause. She later told a writer named robert califf that after she was accused, following the baking of the witch cake, samuel parris beating a so called confessions out of her. Her lies certainly were not those of a woman looking for attention or those of some one looking to shake up society. Instead, tituba was another victim.