- Origin: Tituba was born in West Africa (modern-day Ghana).
- Capture and enslavement: She was captured by colonists and taken to Barbados, where she was enslaved.
- Arrival in Salem: In 1692, she was brought to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a slave and lived in the household of Samuel Parris, the minister of Salem Village.
- Accused of witchcraft: During the Salem witch trials, Tituba was one of the first three people accused of witchcraft, the others being Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne.
- Confession: Under intense pressure during interrogation, Tituba confessed to practicing witchcraft and being in league with the devil. She named several other women as witches.
- Impact of her confession: Tituba's confession fueled the hysteria surrounding the witch trials and contributed to the broader social, economic, and political tensions within Salem Village and the wider Massachusetts Bay Colony at the time.
- Later fate: After the hysteria of the witch trials subsided and accusations were eventually dismissed, it is believed that Tituba was likely sold to another household or moved away from Salem Village, but the exact details are not known.