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Age of Consent http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REage.htm Describes how this was gradually raised from twelve to sixteen through the efforts of campaigners against slavery and prostitution in England. Anne Knight http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wknight.htm Describes her involvement in the Quaker movement and its attempts to end slavery in the United Kingdom in 1830. Anti-Slavery Society http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REantislavery.htm Formed in 1787 and comprised initially of Anglicans and Quakers, it was disbanded after the Abolition of Slavery Act was passed in 1833. Archibald Prentice http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRprentice.htm Outlines the career of one of the journalists who reported on the Peterloo Massacre in 1819, including his lifelong advocacy of parliamentary reform, religious tolerance and free trade. Arthur Liberty http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/BUliberty.htm Outlines the career of this draper's son who established the stores through which his name became associated with particular fabrics and style. Band of Hope http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REhope.htm Describes the establishment of this temperance organisation for working-class children in the mid-nineteenth century. Baptists http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REbaptists.htm Outlines the development of this church from 1609 to the beginning of the twentieth century. British and Foreign Bible Society http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REbible.htm Outlines how this group produced biblical texts in 700 languages and dialects and distributed copies of the Bible worldwide. Catherine Booth http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Wbooth.htm Describes the life of one of the founders of the Salvation Army and a lifelong campaigner for women's rights and social justice. Catholic Emancipation http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRcatholic.htm Presents details of attempts made to obtain full political and civil liberties for British and Irish Roman Catholics. Charles Booth http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PHbooth.htm Details the efforts of this early socialist to investigate the incidence of pauperism in London, and how he subsequently proposed the Old Age Pension. Charles Haddon Spurgeon http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REspurgeon.htm Outlines the life of this Baptist who became a well-known preacher and author in the mid-nineteenth century. Charles Harrod http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/BUharrod.htm Outlines the life of this grocer who went on to establish the famous London department store. Christian Socialism http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REsocialism.htm Describes the development of the belief that profit sharing would improve the status of the working classes and produce a just, Christian society. Church of England http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REengland.htm Explains how this church was the principal religious organisation in Britain in the nineteenth century. Church of Scotland http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REscotland.htm Explains how this was the only ecclesiastical body established by law in that country. Clapham Sect http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REclapham.htm This Anglican Evangelical group included two of the leading figures against the slave-trade. Congregationalists http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REcongregationalists.htm This group believed that each congregation had the right and duty to make decisions independent of any higher authority, and shared the outlook of the evangelical movement. Cyrus Clark http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/BUclark.htm A Quaker and member of the Temperance Society who founded an international shoe-making business. Donald Soper http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUsoper.htm Describes his lifelong campaign against capitalism, the arms trade, blood sports, child labor and inadequate state help for the poor. Edward Baines http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRbaines.htm Explains how this journalist was opposed to factory legislation and wrote a book attacking those who had campaigned against child labour. Edward Pease http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RApease.htm Member of the Society of Friends that supported the Anti-Slavery movement. Edward Steer http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SUsteer.htm Details the career of this Nonconformist who founded a newspaper in East Grinstead and campaigned for improved workhouse conditions, a public park and street lighting. Edwin Chadwick http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PHchadwick.htm Outlines the career of this nineteenth century lawyer who campaigned for public health and published a report showing that disease was directly related to living conditions. Elizabeth Fry http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REfry.htm Details her lifelong public campaign to improve conditions in prisons in the early nineteenth century.
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