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Petition for bail from accused witches, ca. 1692.
被控指邪术之保释人诉状。

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沙连邪术的后遗症,169231

1692年,麻塞诸塞州的沙连,许多人相信并且害怕邪术。起因是两位年轻女孩陷入精神恍惚状态并且发病,医生无法解释,城里许多人口耳相传,认为是邪术的诅咒。169231日,当局逮捕三个正在演练邪术的女人:莎拉古岱、莎拉奥斯邦尼,以及一个女奴提吐芭。


In Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, many people believed in and feared witchcraft. Consequently, when two young girls fell into trances and had seizures that doctors could not explain, many people in the town said witchcraft was to blame. On March 1, 1692, authorities charged three women, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and a slave woman named Tituba, with practicing witchcraft.

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