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The story of the an influential group of social reformers in early 19th Century England.

Table of Contents

Contents
Dramatis Personae: The Clapham Sect and Significant
Supporters 7
Introduction 11
PART ONE: FATHERS AND MOTHERS 15
1 The Thorntons 16
2 The Venns 28
3 Henry Thornton 36
4 William Wilberforce 43
PART TWO: BROTHERS AND SISTERS 51
5 Schooling 52
6 The Proclamation 57
7 The Slave Trade 66
8 Mendip Schools 75
9 The Slave Trade Continued 80
10 Sierra Leone: Exodus 91
11 Sierra Leone: the Promised Land 101
12 Coming to Clapham 112
13 Sierra Leone: New Management 125
14 The Pen 133
15 Sons and Lovers: Macaulay and Stephen 145
16 Husbands and Wives 155
17 Sierra Leone and Ireland 167
18 Church Missionary Society 174
19 Vice 185
20 Slaves of the Abolitionists 200
21 East and West Indies 212
22 Anti-Slavery 223
23 Deliverance to the Captives 234
24 Sons and Daughters 246
Notes 251
Select Bibliography 262
Index 269

The Clapham Sect

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      Publisher Lion Hudson
      Published 8/20/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780745953069
      978-0745953069
      ISBN-10 0745953069
      Also in:
      Slavery, enslaved persons and abolition of slavery Religious social and pastoral thought and activity

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The story of the an influential group of social reformers in early 19th Century England.

      Table of Contents

      Contents
      Dramatis Personae: The Clapham Sect and Significant
      Supporters 7
      Introduction 11
      PART ONE: FATHERS AND MOTHERS 15
      1 The Thorntons 16
      2 The Venns 28
      3 Henry Thornton 36
      4 William Wilberforce 43
      PART TWO: BROTHERS AND SISTERS 51
      5 Schooling 52
      6 The Proclamation 57
      7 The Slave Trade 66
      8 Mendip Schools 75
      9 The Slave Trade Continued 80
      10 Sierra Leone: Exodus 91
      11 Sierra Leone: the Promised Land 101
      12 Coming to Clapham 112
      13 Sierra Leone: New Management 125
      14 The Pen 133
      15 Sons and Lovers: Macaulay and Stephen 145
      16 Husbands and Wives 155
      17 Sierra Leone and Ireland 167
      18 Church Missionary Society 174
      19 Vice 185
      20 Slaves of the Abolitionists 200
      21 East and West Indies 212
      22 Anti-Slavery 223
      23 Deliverance to the Captives 234
      24 Sons and Daughters 246
      Notes 251
      Select Bibliography 262
      Index 269

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