In 1692, the townspeople would start to face allegations of being witches and/or performing witchcraft. These allegations would come from three Puritan youth (Betty Parris, Abigail Williams, and Ann Putnam) and cause one of the most infamous series of trials in the United States, The Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 and ended in 1693. On February 29th, 1692 the three girls accused their first victim, a slave named Tituba. Tituba did admit to being a witch as stated by the article, “The woman, a slave named Tituba, said that a man came to her and told her to sign his book, a story that local authorities took to mean that the Devil himself had told Tituba to follow his orders”. After Tituba admitted to being a witch she