British and Foreign Temperance Society
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The British and Foreign Temperance Society was a 19th-century British organization that promoted abstinence from alcohol and helped spread the temperance movement both within the United Kingdom and internationally.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| British and Foreign Temperance Society canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century organization
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non-profit organization ⓘ temperance organization ⓘ |
| activity |
correspondence with foreign temperance advocates
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organizing public meetings ⓘ publishing temperance literature ⓘ supporting formation of local temperance societies ⓘ |
| aim |
promotion of abstinence from distilled spirits
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promotion of temperance principles abroad ⓘ promotion of temperance principles in Britain ⓘ |
| basedOn | Christian moral principles ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1840s ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
public health
ⓘ
religious reform ⓘ social welfare ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Band of Hope
ⓘ
United Kingdom Alliance ⓘ other later British temperance organizations ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
George Redford
ⓘ
John Pye Smith ⓘ Robert John Graham ⓘ William Collins ⓘ other British evangelicals ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
British working class
ⓘ
clergy ⓘ politicians ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
annual reports
ⓘ
pamphlets on alcohol abstinence ⓘ temperance tracts ⓘ |
| inception | 1831 ⓘ |
| influenced |
temperance movement
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surface form:
British temperance movement
North American temperance advocates ⓘ continental European temperance organizations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| movement | temperance movement ⓘ |
| opposed |
consumption of distilled spirits
ⓘ
drunkenness ⓘ |
| precededBy | early British temperance societies ⓘ |
| religiousOrientation |
Protestant
ⓘ
evangelical Christianity ⓘ |
| slogan | abstinence from ardent spirits ⓘ |
| supported |
moral reform
ⓘ
social reform ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early Victorian era ⓘ |
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