Trailblazer's biography of John Newton tells your 8s to 12 the story of how John stood and watched as some of the largest waves he had ever seen
threw themselves at the ship. Very little stood between the young slave
ship captain and death and he knew it. His panic and fear made him
think only of himself and nothing for the hundreds of men, women and
children chained in the hold below. However, God still heard his prayers
and the cries of the tortured humanity pleading for mercy and justice.
The very man selling them into slavery would soon fight for their
freedom.
John Newton was one of the worst abusers of the African slave as he
travelled the oceans to make money from their misery; but in the end
his life was changed and so was theirs.