Clapham Sect

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Christian reform movement evangelical Anglican group religious social reform group

The Clapham Sect was an influential group of late 18th- and early 19th-century evangelical Anglican social reformers known for campaigning against the slave trade and promoting moral and philanthropic causes in Britain.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Clapham Sect canonical	21
Clapham Sect families	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian reform movement ⓘ evangelical Anglican group ⓘ religious social reform group ⓘ
activeInCentury	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
basedIn	Holy Trinity Church, Clapham ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
denomination	Church of England ⓘ
describedAs	the Saints ⓘ
endTime	early 19th century ⓘ
hasMember	Charles Grant ⓘ Edward Eliot ⓘ Granville Sharp ⓘ Hannah More ⓘ Henry Thornton ⓘ Henry Venn ⓘ James Stephen ⓘ John Venn ⓘ Thomas Clarkson ⓘ William Wilberforce ⓘ Zachary Macaulay ⓘ
ideology	Christian abolitionism ⓘ evangelical Anglicanism ⓘ
influenced	British abolitionist movement ⓘ Victorian social reform ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	Clapham ⓘ surface form: Clapham, London
moralFocus	Sabbath observance ⓘ personal piety ⓘ reform of manners ⓘ
movement	Evangelicalism ⓘ
namedAfter	Clapham Common ⓘ
notableFor	campaigning against the slave trade ⓘ moral reform campaigns ⓘ philanthropic activity ⓘ social reform in Britain ⓘ
opposed	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
politicalActivity	campaigning for abolition of the slave trade in Parliament ⓘ supporting social legislation inspired by Christian ethics ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
socialFocus	education of the poor ⓘ mission to seamen and soldiers ⓘ poor relief ⓘ prison reform ⓘ
startTime	late 18th century ⓘ
supported	American Bible Society ⓘ surface form: British and Foreign Bible Society Church Missionary Society ⓘ Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade ⓘ surface form: Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade Society for the Suppression of Vice ⓘ missionary work overseas ⓘ philanthropic education initiatives ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Wilberforce → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Hannah More → movement → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Hannah More → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians → associatedMovement → Clapham Sect ⓘ

British abolitionist movement → hasKeyOrganization → Clapham Sect ⓘ

William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner → about → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Henry Venn → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Henry Venn → influenced → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Henry Thornton → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Zachary Macaulay → movement → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Zachary Macaulay → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Edward Eliot → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Holy Trinity Church, Clapham → usedBy → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Holy Trinity Church, Clapham → associatedWith → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Cheap Repository Tracts → associatedGroup → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Sacred Dramas → associatedWith → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Charles Grant → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

the Saints → refersTo → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Clapham Common → associatedWith → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Barbara Spooner Wilberforce → memberOf → Clapham Sect ⓘ

Barbara Spooner Wilberforce → socialCircle → Clapham Sect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clapham Sect families

Barbara Spooner Wilberforce → supportedBy → Clapham Sect ⓘ