Part 1, Chapters 3, 4 and 5 Summary

Chapter 3 - When Tituba meets John Indian's owner, Susanna Endicott, she is struck by how cold and domineering the woman is, and how ridiculous John makes himself before her. In their little home at the back of the Endicott plantation, John tells her that the slave's first duty is to survive, a comment he repeats to her whenever she seems to be getting angry and resentful of the life she has led herself into. That night, their first together, they make love, and Tituba discovers how much she enjoys sex. As the days pass, and as Tituba begins to learn both the routine of keeping Susanna's house clean and keeping the Christian faith Susanna demands she profess, she also learns of how she and other slaves are viewed by whites as being subhuman (see "Quotes", p. 24). Eventually, Susanna reveals...