In the months following the workhouse revolt, leading white Charlestonians held two investigations, one inquiring about the management of the workhouse itself and the other into churches and the religious instruction of slaves. The city council concluded the workhouse had not been mismanaged but that some changes were needed, including the construction of a new workhouse. The day after the workhouse revolt, a mob of whites converged on Calvary Episcopal Church, fearing that church had played a role in spreading insurrectionary sentiment among the slave population. Although Nicholas had been a Catholic, a Committee of Fifty comprising elites investigated Calvary Episcopal Church. White Charlestonians feared black churches without proper supervision might lead to a slave insurrection. Ultimately, the Committee of Fifty concluded that slaves should continue attending churches, but they must do so under strict supervision. In their view, neither slave religion nor mismanagement of the workhouse had inspired the revolt – Nicholas had.