{"product_id":"9780745953069_the-clapham-sect","title":"The Clapham Sect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book ends by assessing the long term influence of the Clapham Sect on Victorian Britain and the Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen Tomkins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40702406426673,"sku":"9780745953069","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9780745953069.jpg?v=1750415237","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9780745953069_the-clapham-sect","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}