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Tituba, fictional character, an enslaved woman from Barbados who is accused of being a witch in The Crucible (1953) by Arthur Miller. (For an account of the historical figure, see Tituba.)

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Teagan Wolter.