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Having introduced flights and familiars into the proceedings, having delivered a tale that could not be unthought, Tituba was neither again questioned nor so much as named. She finally went on trial for having covenanted with the devil on May 9, 1693, after 15 harrowing months in prison. The jury declined to indict her. The first to confess to... See more
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I find myself getting emotional over this journey Alice Walker takes to find Hurston. The way she talks about finally seeing the town that Hurston has such a deep connection to, even describing it in her novels, to materialize something that was once only held in your head. It makes me emotional- I think because its tangible evidence that art is
... See moreSetting out on a journey to reclaim Tituba is like stepping into a house of mirrors. A hundred different images are reflected back, some distorted by a trick mirror’s curves, each Tituba haunting and haunted by the others, while the real Tituba remains unknowable, elusive, and slippery and—just like the stories of other enslaved peoples—lost in... See more
Winsome Pinnock • Winsome Pinnock: "Reclaiming Tituba"
Much less well known are the stories of the Black men and women who were accused and convicted as Communists, losing their homes and livelihoods in some cases, because they fought for social justice and equality for Black and brown people.
Among them was the political activist Claudia Jones. In 1949, she wrote the essay “An End to the Neglect of... See more
Among them was the political activist Claudia Jones. In 1949, she wrote the essay “An End to the Neglect of... See more
Winsome Pinnock: "Reclaiming Tituba"
Additionally, the process in which investigations were completed exposed an individual's private life, irreparably damaging their relationships with family and friends. The effects rippled into local gay communities, limiting interaction among community members.There was fear of being outed by undercover investigators or by those who had been... See more
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shouldwewatch.comShe was presumably not a large woman; she would expect the Salem justices to believe that two other suspects had strong-armed her into a high-speed excursion through the air, while all held close to one another on a pole. She was the first in Salem to mention a flight.
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shaythewriter.substack.comThere was equal reason why Tituba afterward caused grown men to freeze in their tracks. Hours after her testimony, they trembled at “strange and unusual beasts,” diaphanous creatures that mutated before their eyes and melted into the night. And she would herself undergo a number of strange and unusual transformations, with the assistance of some of... See more