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{{Short description|Group of Church of England social reformers}} {{Use British English|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} [[File:WILLIAM WILBERFORCE AND THE CLAPHAM SECT WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH. THEIR CAMPAIGNING RESULTED IN THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN BRITISH DOMINIONS 1833.jpg|thumb|[[Blue plaque]] commemorating William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect]] 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 the [[Established Church|established]] (and dominant) [[Church of England]], which was highly interwoven with offices of state.
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