Lives Well Lived: The Clapham Saints and Social Change

Liz Leahy, MLS, MAT, Stamps Theological Library

Britain’s Clapham Saints were a small group of believers who set about to challenge and change many injustices in the 18th century. Best known for their work to end slavery, this group also nearly ended the death penalty and was responsible for other prison reforms. Out of their faith convictions, they set up food banks and maternity clinics, created Sunday school programs (teaching laborers to read), and funded missions and churches throughout the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Baltics. Learn about this group of believers and their lives and work, and view items by and about them from APU’s Special Collections.