Walters’s Presentation of the Reasons for Abolition and Woman Suffrage

Ronald G. Walters’s focal point was on the history around the mid-nineteenth century that reveals the living of American history. Walter is known for the following books “The Anti- Slavery appeal,” “Primers and Prudery,” and “American Reformers,” which speak about American society and political changes, the issue of slavery, and the American government. His books are mostly divided into four different subjects that touch on the causes of the structures in America, the issue of slavery and race, and the Reform Movement.

American bear the case of social and political that associate with the American land and foreign policies. In the American Reforms, he represents the causes of abolition, temperance, women’s suffrage, and the refining of health care for the people. Walters illustrates how the causes shaped and formed America and how they played a big role in American history. He exposes how many idealistic movements made a real impact and difference in the world.

Walter analyzed all the reforms and reflected on the transformation in society and its effect on American culture. When he was talking about women’s suffrage, he put as many details as possible to inform us about the issues women’s faced throughout the nineteenth century. The author was strong in his opinion with it came down to a certain subject in the book.

James M. Mcdherson from Princeton University said, “The most impressive feature of this fine book is the author’s ability to synthesize a large, rich, and diverse literature about antebellum movement and to present a clear, readable, and persuasive account of their important impact on American society,” I totally agree to what Mcdherson said because the author made it clear enough for us to understand the history in the nineteenth. The thing I liked the most about the book was that he was so clear about what he was talking about. He wanted us to understand the relationship between antebellum reform and the emergence, and the progressive may be the opposite or the subject of reform.

Walter talks about how the problem with the interpretations was a failure to explain the existence of the reform and the scholars who were antebellum. When it comes to women’s reform, he showed how women weren’t getting equal rights to men. Even though we know they went through a lot to get their rights, the book explains how it was an emotional point for the women’s rights activists. Religion was one of the issues he pointed out, and he explained that everyone had different beliefs, and because of that, certain people were treated in different ways.
James B. Stewart from Macalester College said, “A most impressive work. Walters has clearly succeeded better than anyone else in explaining the complex subject of the pre-Civil War reform movement.” I agree with what Stewart said because he successfully explained the causes and the effect of the war without really leaving a lot of details out. Some parts of the book through me off a little bit due to the fact he had a lot of dates and events in one page. Around the end of the book, he basically put the aftermath of all the events he spoke about in the book and summarized it.

In the beginning, the author asks a question such as “what connects one cause, such as antislavery, to another quite different one, such as health reform?” etc., throughout the book, those questions were asked in the reading. By the end of the book, he wanted us to define the term “radical and “reform,” and he did a good job of the fact that we can.

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