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Long ago in 1692, there was a small village named 

Salem in the state of Massachusetts.

Salem, Massachusetts was a peaceful farming and 

fishing community, filled with those who practiced a 

strict Puritan religion.

In this community, there lived a servant of the Paris 

family named Tituba, and three Puritan girls   Abigail 

Williams, Betty Paris, and Ann Putnam Jr. 

Abigail Williams and Betty Paris were the niece 

and daughter of Reverend Paris.

They were not allowed to play with toys and 

games because it was against the Puritan 

rules!

The three girls would spend their nights with 

Betty's slave named Tituba.

Tituba would tell stories of her homeland, 

Barbados, perform magic tricks and fortune 

telling.

These actions were forbidden by the puritans. 

They would suffer consequences if anyone 

knew about what was going on...

One day when the girls were trying to see the 

faces of their future husbands inside of an egg 

yolk, one girl claimed to see a coffin, not a 

face.

One day, Abigail, Ann, and Betty started acting very 

strange!

Abigail, Ann, and Betty started biting, screaming, 

pushing, and rolling on the floor. They were not in 

control of their bodies, and the girls were very sick.

After many attempts of natural home remedies 

failed, Reverend Paris finally called the doctor. Finally 

after visiting the girls, the doctor came to a very 

shocking conclusion!

Twelve other girls in the town began 

experiencing similar behavior.

Abigail started screaming, while the other girls 

were barking like dogs, and rolling along the 

floor.

The townspeople begged the girls to tell them 

who was responsible for this! Who placed this 

curse on the girls?

All twelve girls had to think, who could have put 

a curse on these girls? Who were the only 

people who could have the power to place a 

curse on them?

TITUBA! She was the only person who could 

perform magic and fortune telling, so she must 

be a witch!

But Tituba could not be the only witch in the 

town. 

Tituba was part of a Native American tribe, and 

forced to be a servant. The Native Americans 

were believed to praise witches.

Tituba, the social outcast was accused by all of 

the women in the town of being a witch. Most 

of the women were victims of witchcraft.

Anyone who seemed to be out of the ordinary 

was accused of being a witch.

The terrified Tituba finally confessed to being a 

witch after being scolded from the Reverend.

During questioning, Tituba confessed to witchcraft 

and gave the names of two other witches. She 

claimed that the homeless woman Sarah Goods 

must be a witch! The other outcast who married 

her servant. Her name was Sarah Osbourne and 

she must be a witch too! All of these women were 

outcasts in the community

These witches were going to be in a trial to 

determine their fate.

Tituba claimed that there were other witches 

in the village.

Because Tituba was accused by all of the 

townspeople for being a witch, accused other 

women to hopefully punish at least some of 

her accusers. 

As time went on, more and more women were 

accused of witchcraft. Men women and 

children were also accused. 

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