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Shops of sedition
Photographer: Michael Sean Nix
Taken: October 28, 2009
Caption: Shops of sedition
Additional Description: During the American Revolution, Meeting Houses were called "shops of sedition" because a number of ministers preached against the British Crown. In 1780, William Martin, a Presbyterian minister in the Fishing Creek area, was arrested for "preaching rebellion from the pulpit".
Submitted: October 28, 2009, by Michael Sean Nix of Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p82523
File Size: 1.394 Megabytes

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