On the first leg of their trip, slave traders delivered goods from European ports to West African ones. On the "middle" leg, ship captains such as John Newton (who later became a foe of slavery ...

He readily agreed to present their case. The fight for abolition of the trade was joined by many others, including former slave ship captain John Newton, former slave ship surgeon Alexander ...

You could say that John Newton was born again . . . at least several times during his life. In his youth he ridiculed Christianity, only to later become a minister. Born a free man, he was ...

One of the main speakers at abolitionist meetings was John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became an abolitionist. He visited slave trading ports where he boarded slave ships. He collected ...

My name is John Newton and I want to tell you my story ... where they were bought by landowners to work as slaves. Life on board the slave-ship was worse than anything I had ever experienced.

Clergyman John Newton, a former slave ship captain, wrote the hymn Amazing Grace, first published in 1779. In 1780 he was appointed Rector of the Lord Mayor’s Church in London and many came to ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s ... transferred to a slave ship, where he became ...

On the first leg of their trip, slave traders delivered goods from European ports to West African ones. On the "middle" leg, ship captains such as John Newton (who later became a foe of slavery ...

Clergyman John Newton, a former slave ship captain, wrote the hymn 'Amazing Grace', first published in 1779. In 1780 he was appointed Rector of the Lord Mayor’s Church in London and many came to ...

One of the main speakers at abolitionist meetings was John Newton, a former slave ship captain who became an abolitionist. The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade tasked Thomas Clarkson ...