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Captive Passage: The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Making of the Americas

Captive Passage
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John Newton, circa 1765
John Newton of Liverpool served on and captained several slave ships in the mid-18th century. A devout Christian who read prayers twice a day to his crews, Newton wrote the hymn How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds while still trading in slaves. He would later write Amazing Grace.
Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England

John Newton

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