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an enslaved woman, owned by Samuel Parris of Danvers, Massachusetts. Although her origins are debated, research has suggested that she was a South American native and sailed from Barbados to New England with Samuel Parris. Tituba was the first to be accused of practicing witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials. Little is known regarding Tituba's life prior to her enslavement. However, she became a pivotal figure in the witch trials when she confessed to witchcraft while also making claims that both Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne participated in said witchcraft. She was imprisoned and later released by Samuel Conklin, but little to nothing is known about Tituba's life following her subsequent release.
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His estate was name... Samuel Huntington 1731, Jul 5 1754 1796 1796, Jan 5 a jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to th... George Read 1733, Sep 18 1753 1798 1798, Sep 21 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a signer... Thomas Heyward Jr. 1746, Jul 28 1775 1798 1809, Mar 6 a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as... Robert Treat Paine 1731, Mar 11 1757 1804 1814, May 11 a Massachusetts lawyer and politician, best known as a signer of the Declaration of Independence ... George Wythe 1726 1746 1806 1806, Jun 8 the first American law professor, a noted classics scholar, and a Virginia judge. The first of th... Aaron Burr 1756, Feb 6 1775 1808 1836, Sep 14 an American politician. He was the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805), servi... Samuel Chase 1741, Apr 17 1761 1811 1811, Jun 19 an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signatory to the United... Robert R. Livingston 1746, Nov 16 1770 1811 1813, Feb 26 an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United State... Thomas McKean 1734, Mar 19 1755 1812 1817, Jun 24 an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware and Philadelphi... Jasper Yeates 1745, Apr 9 1765 1817 1817, Mar 14 an American lawyer and judge from Pennsylvania, a justice of the state Supreme Court from 1791 to... Elias Boudinot 1740, May 2 1760 1821 1821, Oct 24 a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress ... Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1746, Feb 25 1769 1825 1825, Aug 16 an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Con... Morgan Lewis 1754, Oct 16 1774 1844 1844, Apr 7 an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer...
