I Tituba Black Witch of Salem Author:Maryse Conde, Richard Philcox (Translator) Originally published as Moi, Tituba, Sorcière…Noire de Salem by Editions Mercure de France in 1986. Winner of France's prestigious Grand Prix Litéraire de la Femme. — At the age of seven, Tituba watched as her mother was hanged for daring to wound a plantation owner who tried to rape her. She was raised from then... more » on by Mama Yaya, a gifted woman who shared with her the secrets of healing and magic. But it was Tituba's love of the slave John Indian that led her from safety into slavery, and the bitter, vengeful religion practiced by the good citizens of Salem, Massachusetts. Though protected by the spirits, Tituba could not escape the lies and accusations of that hysterical time.« less