Complex sentence: The Fox Sisters heard rappings from a dead peddler in Hydesville and spawned a movement that eventually garnered a million followers at its peak, and Sodus Bay contained a significant, albeit short-lived, community of Shakers about the same time.
Split into simpler sentences: The Fox Sisters heard rappings from a dead peddler in Hydesville and spawned a movement that eventually garnered a million followers at its peak,. Also, Sodus Bay contained a significant, albeit short-lived, community of Shakers about the same time.