The Clapham Sect had seen their efforts…
1833 CE
The Clapham Sect had seen their efforts rewarded with the final passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807, banning the increasingly unprofitable slave trade throughout the British Empire and, after many further years of campaigning, the total emancipation of British slaves with the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
An influential group of like-minded Church of England social reformers in England, they have worked for many decades both in British society and in Parliament.
They continue to campaign vigorously for Britain to use its influence to eradicate slavery throughout the world.