Episode 93: A Story of Faith and Conspiracy in Revolutionary America
The Way of Improvement Leads Home: American History, Religion, Politics, and Academic life. - Un pódcast de John Fea
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Less than a year after the American Revolution, a group of North Carolina farmers hatched a plot to assassinate the colony's leading patriots, including the governor. In this episode, Boston University historian Brendan McConville talks about the Gourd Patch Conspiracy. The catalysts of this movement were "The Brethren," a group of Protestants who were angry about Catholic and deists influences in the revolutionary North Carolina government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
