Despite the tragedy and violence that is around her every day, Tituba continues to find comfort in her lush, tropical environment. And even more importantly, with the mention of “furrows and yams and patches of cassava,” Tituba models a new kind of call to action: one in which Black folks in Barbados, most of whom had been enslaved in her lifetime, tend the ground of their island—and in doing so, begin to create a more hopeful future for themselves.