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    The Clapham Sect, or Clapham Saints, were a group of social reformers associated with Holy Trinity Clapham in the period from the 1780s to the 1840s. Despite...
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    Society, supported by members of the Clapham Sect, who met under the guidance of John Venn, the Rector of Clapham. By contrast, an opponent of Wilberforce...
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    was an English evangelical minister and one of the founders of the Clapham Sect, an influential evangelical group within the Church of England. He was...
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    Clapham, London. Completed in 1776, it was the base for the so-called Clapham Sect who worshipped there. It is located on the north side of Clapham Common...
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    detached from metropolitan London. Some later residents were members of the Clapham Sect of evangelical reformers and slavery abolitionists, including William...
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    member of parliament (MP), and was an energetic member of the Clapham Sect. The "Clapham Sect" were a group of social activists who spoke out about the moral...
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    William Wilberforce (category Clapham Sect)
    frustration and hostility. He was supported by fellow members of the Clapham Sect, among whom was his best friend and cousin Henry Thornton. Wilberforce...
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  • John Venn (priest) (category Clapham Sect)
    figure of the group of religious philanthropists known as the Clapham Sect. He was born at Clapham to the south-west of central London, while his father Henry...
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    Affair. Opposite Northside, on Clapham Common, is Holy Trinity Church, the place of worship that was home to 'The Clapham Sect' the abolitionist group, one...
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    Thomas Gisborne (category Clapham Sect)
    1846) was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was a member of the Clapham Sect, who fought for the abolition of the slave trade in England. Gisborne...
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