The Clapham Sect

How Wilberforce's circle transformed Britain

Stephen Tomkins

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English

Lion Books
20 August 2010

Religion & beliefs; Protestantism & Protestant Churches; Christian social thought & activity; Christian mission & evangelism

The Clapham Sect was a group of evangelical Christians, prominent in England from about 1790 to 1830, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and promoted missionary work at home and abroad. The group centred on the church of John Venn, rector of Clapham in south London. Its members included William Wilberforce, Henry Thornton, James Stephen, Zachary Macaulay and others. Stephen Tomkins tells the fascinating story of the group as one of a web of family relations - father and son, aunt and nephew, husband and wife, daughter and father, cousins, etc. Within the story of the people are the stories of their famous campaigns against the slave trade, then slavery, the Sierra Leone colony, Indian mission, home mission, charity and politics. The book ends by assessing the long term influence of the Clapham Sect on Victorian Britain and the Empire.

By: Stephen Tomkins
Imprint: Lion Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 343g
ISBN: 9780745953069
ISBN 10: 0745953069
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 20 August 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents Dramatis Personae: The Clapham Sect and Significant Supporters 7 Introduction 11 PART ONE: FATHERS AND MOTHERS 15 1 The Thorntons 16 2 The Venns 28 3 Henry Thornton 36 4 William Wilberforce 43 PART TWO: BROTHERS AND SISTERS 51 5 Schooling 52 6 The Proclamation 57 7 The Slave Trade 66 8 Mendip Schools 75 9 The Slave Trade Continued 80 10 Sierra Leone: Exodus 91 11 Sierra Leone: the Promised Land 101 12 Coming to Clapham 112 13 Sierra Leone: New Management 125 14 The Pen 133 15 Sons and Lovers: Macaulay and Stephen 145 16 Husbands and Wives 155 17 Sierra Leone and Ireland 167 18 Church Missionary Society 174 19 Vice 185 20 Slaves of the Abolitionists 200 21 East and West Indies 212 22 Anti-Slavery 223 23 Deliverance to the Captives 234 24 Sons and Daughters 246 Notes 251 Select Bibliography 262 Index 269

Stephen Tomkins has a PhD in Church History at London Bible College and author of the acclaimed William Wilberforce: A Biography and A Short History of Christianity. He writes regularly for the BBC and is a contributing editor to the Ship of Fools website.