The biography of one of the leaders of the Evangelical Movement at the beginning of the nineteenth century. As the son of Henry Venn of Huddersfield and friend

The Clapham Sect was a group of evangelical Christians, prominent in England from about 1790 to 1830, who campaigned for the abolition of slavery and promoted m

Casts a fresh light on the abolitionist William Wilberforce and his friends in the Clapham sect by looking at their private lives as revealed in their family co

William Venn (1568/1569-1621) was the youngest son of John Venn, born in Broadhembury, Devon, England. He matriculated at Oxford, and settled at Otterhamm about