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Tortured by the Church: Paula & Teodora’s True Story
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In this powerful first episode of the Black Witch Files, we uncover the true stories of Paula de Eguiluz and Teodora de Salcedo — two Afro-Caribbean women accused of witchcraft during the height of the Spanish Inquisition in the Americas.✨ Paula, a dark-skinned healer who survived three witch trials, manipulation, and 200 lashes — only to rise again as a spiritual force.🕯 Teodora, a free Black woman who owned property, lost everything, and was erased from history — but not from memory.From failed healing rituals to confessions under torture, this episode dives deep into the intersection of:Colonial fear of African healing traditionsThe weaponization of religionBlack female survival and resistanceThese are not legends. These are true stories they tried to silence.
156 episodes
Manage episode 490330338 series 3304382
In this powerful first episode of the Black Witch Files, we uncover the true stories of Paula de Eguiluz and Teodora de Salcedo — two Afro-Caribbean women accused of witchcraft during the height of the Spanish Inquisition in the Americas.✨ Paula, a dark-skinned healer who survived three witch trials, manipulation, and 200 lashes — only to rise again as a spiritual force.🕯 Teodora, a free Black woman who owned property, lost everything, and was erased from history — but not from memory.From failed healing rituals to confessions under torture, this episode dives deep into the intersection of:Colonial fear of African healing traditionsThe weaponization of religionBlack female survival and resistanceThese are not legends. These are true stories they tried to silence.
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