What is the setting of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde?

There are two main components to the novel's setting - time and place. In terms of the former, the narrative is set in the mid-to-late 1600s, a period in which both the slave trade and the white Christian socio-political environment supporting the trade flourished. These aspects of setting provide an essentially defining backdrop for the book's agenda driven narrative. There is little better time in history to explore issues relating to racial and gender discrimination than a period like the 1690s in which not only was such discrimination entrenched but acted upon (i.e., in the context of the Salem Witch Trials) in such a virulent, violent way.