John newton biography slave ship

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John Newton was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist.
john newton biography slave ship

Was john newton a slave

After his marriage Newton made three voyages as master of slave-trading ships, the Duke of Argyle (–51) and the African (–3 and –4).

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Newton came to despise slave trading and became a surveyor of tides in Liverpool.
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In Newton wrote a graphic account of his experiences aboard slave ships in aid of the emerging antislavery movement.