Tituba, 13-End

Tituba finds out she is pregnant, she is happy but the experience is bitter sweet because the father Christopher a maroon doesn’t care about her. Tituba keeps finding these men who shows her no love. She extends a helping hand to a rebellious slave Iphigene, who was whipped to the brink of death, she nurtures him back to health and even though she is old enough to be his mother, she felt the need to have sex with him. Mama yaya and Abena always warn Tituba about the destruction men would bring her but she never listened. Iphigene encourages Tituba to orchestrate a rebellion against the slave owners. This would turn out to be the ultimate mistake Tituba makes. This decision resulted in her death. Seen by others as a person of tremendous value due to her gift and craft, Tituba never seem to see the real value in herself, always needing a man to validate here existence and to love her. This ended up to be her greatest downfall.

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