Tuesday, December 12, 2006

DID YOU KNOW

In 1712 the South Carolina colony passed a "Sunday Law" requiring "all...person whatsoever" to attend church each Sunday, to refrain from skilled labor, and to do no traveling by horse or wagon beyond the necessary. Infractions of this law was met with a 10-shilling fine and or a two-hour lock-up in the village stocks.

SOURCE: Today in Christian History

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