sentences:  During the fifteen years Debret spent in Brazil, he concentrated not only on court rituals but the everyday life of slaves as well.His paintings (one of which appears on this page) helped draw attention to the subject in both Europe and Brazil itself.The "Clapham Sect", although their religious and political influence was more active in Spanish Latin America, were a group of evangelical reformers that campaigned during much of the 19th century for the United Kingdom to use its influence and power to stop the traffic of slaves to Brazil.