The Clapham Sect How Wilberforce's Circle Transformed Britain

by Tomkins, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780745953069
• ISBN10: 0745953069
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-20
• Publisher: Lion Books

Summary

A thorough assessment of the long term influence of the Clapham Sect on Victorian Britain and the Empire 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 centered 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. Here is the fascinating story of the web of family relations in the group--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 slavery, the Sierra Leone colony, Indian mission, home mission, charity, and politics.

Author Biography

Stephen Tomkins is the author of A Short History of Christianity, John Wesley: A Biography, and William Wilberforce: A Biography.

Table of Contents

Dramatis Personae: The Clapham Sect and Significant Supporters	p. 7
Introduction	p. 11
Fathers and Mothers	p. 15
The Thorntons	p. 16
The Venns	p. 28
Henry Thornton	p. 36
William Wilberforce	p. 43
Brothers and Sisters	p. 51
Schooling	p. 52
The Proclamation	p. 57
The Slave Trade	p. 66
Mendip Schools	p. 75
The Slave Trade Continued	p. 80
Sierra Leone: Exodus	p. 91
Sierra Leone: the Promised Land	p. 101
Coming to Clapham	p. 112
Sierra Leone: New Management	p. 125
The Pen	p. 133
Sons and Lovers: Macaulay and Stephen	p. 145
Husbands and Wives	p. 155
Sierra Leone and Ireland	p. 167
Church Missionary Society	p. 174
Vice	p. 185
Slaves of the Abolitionists	p. 200
East and West Indies	p. 212
Anti-Slavery	p. 223
Deliverance to the Captives	p. 234
Sons and Daughters	p. 246
Notes	p. 251
Select Bibliography	p. 262
Index	p. 269
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