Amazing Grace might be the ultimate song of redemption, steeped in two centuries of black history, but its writer had also been a slave ship captain.
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NASHVILLE (BP) -- Folk singer Arlo Guthrie sang it at Woodstock. Pop star Rod Stewart recorded it in 1971. Crowd-surfing is rampant as...
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On January 1, 1773, in Olney, England, The Rev. John Newton, a slave trader-turned-abolitionist, gave a sermon about personal redemption.
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As a young man, his life was full of personal drama, heated rebellion, a lifelong romance, some naval fighting, and decades of seafaring.
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As 'Amazing grace' marks its 250th anniversary on Sunday January 1st 2023, we look at the story behind one of the world's most famous hymns...
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John Newton, converted slave-trader, preacher, and hymn-writer, was one of the most colorful figures in the Evangelical Awakening of the 18th century.
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Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99. In 2015 Barack Obama gave the eulogy at a...
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A very interesting and well-illustrated account of the life of the Rev John Newton, author of Amazing Grace, penned 250 years ago.
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John Newton was an 18th-century British slave trader who had a dramatic faith experience during a storm at sea.
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John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" was published in the 1779 collection Olney Hymns. Newton, a former slave trader, became a pastor and...
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