John Newton (/ ˈnjuːtən /; 4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships …

Dec 17, 2025 · John Newton (born July 24, 1725, London, England—died December 21, 1807, London) was an English slave trader who became an Anglican minister, a hymn writer, and later a noted …

May 15, 2020 · John Newton (1725–1807) began his career as a sailor and slave trader. Eventually, he became an Anglican minister and outspoken abolitionist after a dramatic and pivotal conversion to …

Mar 11, 2024 · John Newton never forgot the rescue from sin and devastation that God wrought on him. Early in his life he picked up and set down a form of legalistic, self-righteous religion.

Oct 19, 2023 · John Newton (1725–1807) is a pivotal figure in the English evangelical revival or awakening. His is an early example of a settled evangelical ministry in the second half of the 18th …

Its text, a poem penned in 1772 by John Newton, describes the joy and peace of a soul uplifted from despair to salvation through the gift of grace. Newton's words are also a vivid autobiographical …

In the year 1748 he went Governor of York Fort in Hudson's Bay, where he died in the year 1750. "My mother was a dissenter, a pious woman, and a member of the late Dr. Jennings's church.