three sovereigns for sarah
THREE SOVEREIGNS FOR SARAH This story is based on a true story. It is about a woman named Sarah Kous and her two sisters being accused of practicing witchcraft. Sarah’s nephew comes to her house and picks her up. ... Sarah seems very ill and is going to this court to get restitution for the families that had family members hung as witches. Sarah’s sisters were apart of this huge hanging of people back in the late 17th Century. Sarah wants to clear their names. ... Sarah, back in the present, tells the court that Titaba and old women in the village fall to these accusations. ... Sarah and her sisters were named. ... Three women were in jail at this time accused of witchcraft. ... The children accuse Rebecca, Sarah’s sister. ... Sarah got up and came forward. ... Her family wanted Sarah to flee. Sarah wanted to stay and stick up for her and others. Sarah was then arrested on the tenth of April. ... Abby goes crazy once again and Sarah touches her and she stopped. This showed that the evil went back into Sarah The members of the court made her say the Lord’s Prayer. ... Sarah then reunited with Rebecca in jail. While in jail, Sarah talked with Titaba about Paris beating her. Sarah also talked to a pregnant woman who also had a little child with her. ... This was the last time Sarah saw her. ... Sarah was then taken on a long journey northward. ... Sarah’s jail keeper brought her food. ... Back to the present, Sarah tells the court that innocent people were killed over this. ... The three men of the court go and talk amongst themselves. ... They also give her three sovereigns, one for each sister and one for the sovereignty each life.