Miles Smith: The Necessary Result of Piet

Miles Smith: The necessary Result of Piety. Slavery and religious Establishments in South Carolina Presbyterianism, 1800-1840. The author of the article notes that Thornwell’s separation of religion and state led to the establishment of religious reality and led to the flourishing of the individualized religion. The collaboration between the conservative Protestant Christianity with the governments and capitalism led to the development of economic policies that relied on the practice of the religion. While the Presbyterians from the southern Carolina before the civil war had associated with morality, state and social authority, those in the early republican believed that the church and the state association could at some times tell what to do with the slaves. 

In the article, the author states that while there was shared evangelism, the Protestants from the South Carolina, majorly the Presbyterians, had rejected the idea of individualized religion and instead preferred a religion that was protected by the state activists. This is true, and as the reader goes through the article, a clear understanding is brought on the view of the Presbyterians from the South Carolina before the civil war and those in the early republican. Smith makes convincing points in his article and uses a persuasive approach with an interesting and a satisfactory end. 

The article was timely written at the time when there a contradiction between the view of religion by a different group. The author provides sufficient evidence to support his points throughout the article thus making it reliable. The author clearly describes the migration of Presbyterian to the south and southwestern parts of Carolina thus enabling the reader to visualize the whole scene vividly. In his conclusion, Smith provides a clear summary of his points which reflect on the contents of the article. He has a high education background thus making it easy to trust his article and see it as a reliable source of information.