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==British society in the 18th century==
==British society in the 18th century==
In his book "''England Before and After Wesley''", J. Wesley Bready described "''the deep savagery of much of the 18th century''", which was characterized by "''the wanton torture of animals for sport, the bestial drunkenness of the populace, the inhuman traffic in African negroes, the [high] mortality [rate] of parish children, the universal gambling obsession, the savagery of the prison system and penal code, the welter of immorality, the prostitution of the theatre, the growing prevalence of lawlessness, superstition and lewdness; the political bribery and corruption, the ecclesiastical arrogance and truculence, the shallow pretensions of Deism, the insincerity and debasement rampant in Church and State - such manifestations suggest that the British people were then perhaps as deeply degraded and debauched as any people in Christendom.''"<ref> '''Bready, J. Wesley''' ''England Before and After Wesley: The Evangelical Revival and Social Reform'' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938)</ref> It was against this background, and to reform it, that the Evangelical Revival and the Clapham Sect developed.
In his book "''England Before and After Wesley''", J. Wesley Bready described "''the deep savagery of much of the 18th century''", which was characterized by "''the wanton torture of animals for sport, the bestial drunkenness of the populace, the inhuman traffic in African negroes, the [high] mortality [rate] of parish children, the universal gambling obsession, the savagery of the prison system and penal code, the welter of immorality, the prostitution of the theatre, the growing prevalence of lawlessness, superstition and lewdness; the political bribery and corruption, the ecclesiastical arrogance and truculence, the shallow pretensions of Deism, the insincerity and debasement rampant in Church and State - such manifestations suggest that the British people were then perhaps as deeply degraded and debauched as any people in Christendom.''"<ref>'''Bready, J. Wesley''' ''England Before and After Wesley: The Evangelical Revival and Social Reform'' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938)</ref> It was against this background, and to reform it, that the Evangelical Revival and the Clapham Sect developed.
==Founders==
==Founders==