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In 1656, Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, the first 2 members of the violent Quaker sect to arrive in America, go on a violent killing spree before being captured by colonial authorities. Their method was to convert someone to their religion, absolving them of their sins, then kill them while they were still 'blameless', so that they would go straight to Heaven. Fisher, at her trial, stated, 'I will take the sin on me, for I have seen a hundred men to Heaven.' It is unknown if this was true or a boast, but the pair were executed for at least 10 murders.
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