Title | : | Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade |
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Author | : | John Newton |
Release | : | 2013-03-23 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | History, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Social Science |
Size | : | 10057849 |
Originally a slave trader, John Newton experienced a religious conversion and became an Anglican clergyman and fervent abolitionist. His 1788 essay is notable for its frank descriptions of conditions on board slave ships during the Middle Passage. |