John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing GraceContinuum, 2007 - 308 páginas John Newton is one of the most important and influential men of the 18th century. His famous conversion during a storm at sea lead to his new role as a social reformer and key figure in the abolition of slavery. In this book, Jonathan Aitken discovers the man, his motivation and beliefs. |
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... sailed away from New- foundland , the Greyhound caught a strong westerly wind , which for the next eight days blew her across the Atlantic at an exceptionally fast rate of knots . During this part of the journey , Newton began reading ...
... sailed away from New- foundland , the Greyhound caught a strong westerly wind , which for the next eight days blew her across the Atlantic at an exceptionally fast rate of knots . During this part of the journey , Newton began reading ...
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... sailed with him from Africa were still alive . This was a low mortality rate by the standards of that journey . More than twice that number of slaves had perished during Newton's previous middle passage journey as Mate of the Brownlow ...
... sailed with him from Africa were still alive . This was a low mortality rate by the standards of that journey . More than twice that number of slaves had perished during Newton's previous middle passage journey as Mate of the Brownlow ...
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... sailed for New England with a dozen or so Puritan families from the town . They settled in Salisbury , Massachusetts , where Worcester became the town's minister . Other Puritan sympathizers from Olney joined this trickle of religious ...
... sailed for New England with a dozen or so Puritan families from the town . They settled in Salisbury , Massachusetts , where Worcester became the town's minister . Other Puritan sympathizers from Olney joined this trickle of religious ...
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A Spiritual Upbringing | 1 |
First Steps in Love and Seafaring | 7 |
Pressganged | 13 |
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