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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... sea and the slave trade , making four voyages to Africa between 1748 and 1754 , three of them as a slave ship captain . Newton's diaries , letters and logbooks provide one of history's most authentic eyewitness accounts of the mid ...
... sea and the slave trade , making four voyages to Africa between 1748 and 1754 , three of them as a slave ship captain . Newton's diaries , letters and logbooks provide one of history's most authentic eyewitness accounts of the mid ...
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... slave - ship captain whom he knew well . ' I sailed with that captain , ' wrote Newton in his letter to Phillips of 5 July 1788 , ' and therefore fre- quently heard the details of his cruelties from his own mouth . ' Newton's letter ...
... slave - ship captain whom he knew well . ' I sailed with that captain , ' wrote Newton in his letter to Phillips of 5 July 1788 , ' and therefore fre- quently heard the details of his cruelties from his own mouth . ' Newton's letter ...
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... slave - ship captain , Newton began by describing the character of the native people he had met . ' What opinion have you formed of the temper and disposition of the Negroes ? ' asked one MP . Newton replied : " The people at Sherbro ...
... slave - ship captain , Newton began by describing the character of the native people he had met . ' What opinion have you formed of the temper and disposition of the Negroes ? ' asked one MP . Newton replied : " The people at Sherbro ...
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A Spiritual Upbringing | 1 |
First Steps in Love and Seafaring | 7 |
Pressganged | 13 |
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