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Clapham Sect

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Clapham Sect group of English social reformers, active c.1790-1830, so named because their activities centered on the home in Clapham, London, of Henry Thornton and William Wilberforce. Most of the members were evangelical Anglicans and members of Parliament. They included Zachary Macaulay, Thomas Babington, John Venn, James Stephen, and Hannah More. Known as the "Saints," they worked for the abolition of the slave trade and slavery, improvement of prison conditions, and other humane legislation. They published a journal, the Christian Observer, and helped to found several missionary... Read more
Clapham sect
Clapham sect. An influential evangelical...19th cent. found a base in Clapham, where ten of them are commemorated...Clapham core but the ‘sect's’ dominant figure...John Venn (1759–1813), Clapham's rector from 1797. The original... Read more
Clapham sect
Clapham sect An influential evangelical network whose activity in the early 19th cent. found a base in Clapham. The name was popularized and perhaps coined...provided the Clapham core but the ‘sect's’ dominant figure, their kinsman... Read more

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