Ship building was also known to take place there, and at least two ships were known to have been built near the town. The Ashley river was supposed to be navigable to Bacon's Bridge road just upriver where there was a warehouse.
Great and educational video! ...but one small correction: St George's church in the center of Dorchester, never was a Congregationalist church. The Congregationalists built their church two miles away on Dorchester road. It was known as the white church and the foundations can still be seen in a walled cemetery there owned today by the Presbyterian church in Summerville. Saint George's was an Anglican church, and it's being built in the middle of a town built by Congregationalists was seen as a slap in the face. Town's people were taxed for it's upkeep even though they did not go there. It was also a reminder that the church of England was the official religion of the colonies. This is why there is a separation of church and state in the United States founding documents, so that the government could not establish one church over another.
Ship building was also known to take place there, and at least two ships were known to have been built near the town. The Ashley river was supposed to be navigable to Bacon's Bridge road just upriver where there was a warehouse.
Great and educational video! ...but one small correction: St George's church in the center of Dorchester, never was a Congregationalist church. The Congregationalists built their church two miles away on Dorchester road. It was known as the white church and the foundations can still be seen in a walled cemetery there owned today by the Presbyterian church in Summerville.
Saint George's was an Anglican church, and it's being built in the middle of a town built by Congregationalists was seen as a slap in the face. Town's people were taxed for it's upkeep even though they did not go there. It was also a reminder that the church of England was the official religion of the colonies. This is why there is a separation of church and state in the United States founding documents, so that the government could not establish one church over another.