The story of the an influential group of social reformers in early 19th Century England.
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
STEPHEN TOMKINS has a PhD in Church History from London Bible College. An experienced journalist, he is a contributing editor to the Ship of Fools website. He is the author of David Livingstone, John Wesley: A Biography (Lion, 2003) and Paul and His World (Lion, 2004).
A keenly engaging portrait of a great man full of contradictoriness . . . A fascinating figure, fascinatingly limned. --Booklist on John Wesley
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