Talk:Tituba

I suggest that this article be reviewed. Just a basic google search suggests that it contains inaccurate information

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This article needs a lot of work
There are so many uncited statements in this article, I gave up the task of trying to tag them all. I will be rewriting it and citing reputable secondary sources as I have time, but in the meantime, I'm going to be bold and delete the incorrect information. Ogram (talk) 08:02, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

−−−Tituba: witch or not?---

In the "Salem Witch Trials" section, the author(s) can't seem to decide wether or not Tituba did confess to being a witch. Sometimes it says that she denied being a witch, and in the next sentence, it'll say she confessed. Which is it? I'm also pretty sure that it's implied that confessed witches were executed, which is untrue; witches who confessed were saved from burning/drowning/etc and were imprisoned instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.25.158.10 (talk) 15:24, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Tituba: witch or not?
In the "Salem Witch Trials" section, the author(s) can't seem to decide wether or not Tituba did confess to being a witch. Sometimes it says that she denied being a witch, and in the next sentence, it'll say she confessed. Which is it? I'm also pretty sure that it's implied that confessed witches were executed, which is untrue; witches who confessed were saved from burning/drowning/etc and were imprisoned instead. 8.25.158.10 (talk) 15:26, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

Give her more credit
When you search "Tituba" on Wikipedia, what comes up under her name is simply "17th century slave girl". Besides sounding oddly condescending, Tituba was much more than just an enslaved woman. While you can't sum up all the impact that Tituba had on Salem in a short sentence, we also can't ignore it. Why not "first accused witch in the Salem Witch Trials"? This at least references her role in the Salem Witch Trials, and thus references her incredible cunning and understanding of groupthink that she utilized to outlast the early hysteria of the Trials. 8.25.158.10 (talk) 15:31, 21 July 2023 (UTC)