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The filmmakers took a lot of heat for this scene, which seemed to belong to Nazi Germany rather than the American Revolution, but I& #39;ve always wondered if they read George Howe& #39;s "History of the Presbyterian Church in South Carolina" (1870) #HATM
Howe& #39;s History of the Presb. Ch in SC has a scene of the British threatening to burn a church #HATM #v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9Cto%20burn%20both%20the%20church%2C%20and%20people%2C%20by%20way%20of%20warning%20to%20other%20%E2%80%98disturbers%20of%20the%20king%E2%80%99s%20peace%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=M-UqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA512&lpg=PA512&dq=%E2%80%9Cto+burn+both+the+church,+and+people,+by+way+of+warning+to+other+%E2%80%98disturbers+of+the+king%E2%80%99s+peace%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=Qt319mVvt0&sig=ACfU3U2B87ONEX7XsIyAulj1fUgM-IUIpg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTm_ah4M3pAhUnl3IEHcopC_sQ6AEwAXoECAIQAQ #v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9Cto%20burn%20both%20the%20church%2C%20and%20people%2C%20by%20way%20of%20warning%20to%20other%20%E2%80%98disturbers%20of%20the%20king%E2%80%99s%20peace%E2%80%99%E2%80%9D&f=false">https://books.google.com/books...
And Howe& #39;s History of the Presb. Ch in SC has a scene of soldiers locking a woman in a house and setting it on fire (so she& #39;d reveal the location of her husband). She escaped though. #v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9Cunsurpassed%2C%20if%20not%20unequalled%20in%20the%20annals%20of%20civilized%20warfare.%E2%80%9D&f=false">https://books.google.com/books?id=zqDuAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA483&lpg=PA483&dq=%E2%80%9Cunsurpassed,+if+not+unequalled+in+the+annals+of+civilized+warfare.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=g6Qhh7E2kj&sig=ACfU3U39Z4k6jycrZOfmOBRMCfLwRidNVA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih96ap4M3pAhXRlHIEHbT_BAwQ6AEwAHoECAQQAQ #v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9Cunsurpassed%2C%20if%20not%20unequalled%20in%20the%20annals%20of%20civilized%20warfare.%E2%80%9D&f=false">https://books.google.com/books...
