What he encountered during his travels to the united states in the 1830 was the keen desire of many American citizens to come together to eradicate evil from 19th-century life and perpetuate the evangelical and liberal belief in the perfectibility of humankind .Mindful of their right to act on behalf of their beliefs , citizen from throughout the nation came together to right perceived wrong and crusade on behalf of their causes including observance of the sabbath crime and punishment hours and conditions of work poverty care of the handicapped temperance women's rights the abbolition of slavery and education to name a few