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nsurprisingly it sounds like at least a few people decided that the aftermath of the witch trials was a good time to switch religions; the local Anglican churches seem to have gotten a little bit of a boost by comparison.

Oh, wow. I'm not surprised by that; it's painfully understandable; and yet it is also hilarious.

Schiff actually provides quite a lot of context on the Puritan habit of farming out their children to each other as servants

I know almost nothing about that. What an interesting interpretation of community service.

surely some general information on the topic must exist, even if we don't know about Tituba in particular.

Right! They owned people! We must have some idea of how that worked! (I've read a YA novel from the '50's about indentured servitude in Puritan communities. And that's more obscure to most people than slavery.)

[edit] BOOM.

[edit edit] This review of New England Bound is fascinating in its own right.