A rift occurred between the Goose Creek men and the Dissenters at Goose Creek area which was a center of religious conflict in South Carolina between Anglicans and Dissenters. The Goose Creek Men, rebelled against the Dissenters attempts to allow religious toleration to provide a heaven for Dissenters, and to control trade with the Native Americans. The Goose Creek men were interested more in increasing their profits from commerce with pirates and from trade in Indian slaves.