I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Characters

Jennifer is the much younger wife of Darnell Davis. Because Jennifer fears Darnell almost as much as the enslaved people on his plantation do, she forms a friendship with Abena. Jennifer is in poor health, and after giving birth to an equally sickly baby boy, she passes away.

Mercy Lewis is little Anne Putnam’s servant girl. She is among the teenaged women who push Tituba for stories about consorting with the devil.

Sarah Hutchinson is a middle-class villager in Salem. When Tituba steals Goodwife Hutchinson’s sheep for a sacrifice, she is surprised that the seemingly proper woman hopes to use witchcraft to take revenge.

Giles Corey is one of the most prominent farmers in all of Salem. Though initially Tituba resents him because he testified against her, she grows to respect him more when—even as he is stoned to death—he refuses to admit to the false accusations against him.

Noyes is the superintendent of the jail in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He is a stingy and cruel man, and he forces Tituba back into slavery in order to pay for the meagre food and lodgings the jail provided her with.

Mary Black is one of the few other enslaved Black women in Salem. She breaks the news to Tituba that John Indian is sleeping with someone else.

Abigail d’Azevedo is the kindly wife of Benjamin Cohen d’Azevedo. Though she is dead by the time Tituba meets Benjamin, the memory of Abigail’s kindness and intimacy allows Benjamin to bond with Tituba—and using sacrifices, Tituba allows Benjamin to contact Abigail’s spirit.

Metahebel is the eldest daughter of Benjamin and Abigail d’Azevedo; she is also Tituba’s favorite of the nine d’Azevedo children. Along with the rest of her siblings, she is killed when the New England Puritans, in a fit of anti-Semitism, set fire to Benjamin’s home.