Excellent article from Christianity Today about a new book on John Newton, the author of “Amazing Grace.” Newton was a slave trader who became a Christian and later an Anglican priest. He was a pastor and mentor to William Wilberforce who spurred the end of the slave trade in Great Britain.

“It’s often said there would have been no abolition of the slave trade without William Wilberforce, but it’s absolutely fair to say there would have been no spiritually motivated William Wilberforce as a determined campaigner if it hadn’t been for the friendship and mentoring of John Newton.”

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