the Saints

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The Saints was a nickname for the Clapham Sect, a group of late 18th- and early 19th-century evangelical social reformers in Britain known for their leading role in the movement to abolish the slave trade and promote moral and social improvement.

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the Saints canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
advocated Sabbath observance ⓘ
education for the poor ⓘ
missionary work ⓘ
aimedTo apply Christian principles to politics ⓘ
promote moral improvement ⓘ
reform manners and morals ⓘ
associatedWith British Parliament ⓘ
British and Foreign Bible Society ⓘ
Church Missionary Society ⓘ
Sierra Leone colony ⓘ
basedIn London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
country Great Britain ⓘ
hasMember Charles Grant ⓘ
Granville Sharp ⓘ
Hannah More ⓘ
Henry Thornton ⓘ
James Stephen ⓘ
John Venn ⓘ
Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
William Wilberforce ⓘ
Zachary Macaulay ⓘ
historicalSignificance key group in British evangelical reform movement ⓘ
ideology Christian humanitarianism ⓘ
influenced British abolitionist movement ⓘ
Victorian social reform ⓘ
knownFor abolition of the slave trade ⓘ
campaigns for social improvement ⓘ
moral reform ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
social reform ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Clapham ⓘ
metAt Clapham Common area ⓘ
linked to: Clapham Common
movement evangelicalism ⓘ
nicknameUsedBy contemporaries in Britain ⓘ
opposed Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
period early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
refersTo Clapham Sect ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Church of England ⓘ
religiousOrientation evangelical ⓘ
religiousPractice evangelical Anglicanism ⓘ
socialClass political elite ⓘ
upper middle class ⓘ
supportedLegislation Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ

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Clapham Sect → describedAs → the Saints ⓘ