Clapham Sect
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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 the label "sect", most members remained in
Blue plaque commemorating William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect
Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, in 1803
Hannah More
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Hannah More was an English writer, philanthropist, poet and verse dramatist. She was active the circles of Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds and David Garrick and wrote on moral and religious subjects.
Clapham Sect
…Zachary Macaulay (1768–1838), estate manager, governor of Sierra Leone, father of Thomas Babington Macaulay Hannah More (1745–1833), bluestocking, playwright, religious writer and philanthropist Granville Sharp (1735–1813), campaigner for social justice, scholar and…
Portrait by Henry William Pickersgill, 1821
The birthplace of Hannah More on Manor Road, Fishponds
1778 painting of the Blue Stockings Society showing More standing second from right
Biscuit porcelain figure by Mintons, 1830s