did you know amazing grace was sung by a christian slave holder that remained a slaveholder?

Question

do the research if you think im lying.

Answer 1

isn't it ironic. christians are now slaves themselves now. kinda balances itself out.

Answer 2

You've failed to adequately research this topic. Read further down the Wikipedia article you got this from:

"Newton has been criticised by some modern writers for his seeming approval of slavery while, at the same time, holding to strong Christian convictions – which has often been characterised as hypocrisy. This should be seen in the light of late eighteenth-century thought: Newton was a man of his day, and his attitude was typical of that of the modern merchant of the period. At the time of his involvement in the trade he was not yet under the influence of John Wesley or the other evangelicals. He did, however, later in life deeply regret and repent of his acceptance of, and personal involvement in, the slave trade and later joined William Wilberforce in the campaign for abolition. In 1787 he wrote a tract supporting the campaign, Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade.

Among his greatest contributions to history was in 1785 encouraging Wilberforce, the newly-converted Member of Parliament for Hull, to stay in Parliament and "serve God where he was", rather than enter the ministry. Wilberforce heeded the ex-slaveship captain's advice, and spent the next five decades successfully working for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire."

The man repented of this BEFORE he wrote the words to the song.

Peace.

Answer 3

For a while, yes. He was the reason slavery was abolished in England, however.

Newton was born in 1725 in England. His father, a sea captain, made him a sailor at age eleven. Impressed into the navy, he deserted and was publicly flogged when captured. He next began sailing on slave ships. The white captain of one ship had a black wife. The captain made Newton her slave!

Rescued by his father, he sailed on a trading voyage. A storm nearly wrecked the ship, leading to his Christian conversion. It was thus only after he became a Christian that he became a slave ship captain. From 1745 to 1754, he bought and transported Guinean slaves. He began to get pangs of conscience and quit the trade when an illness forced him to leave the sea.

He then studied for the ministry, becoming curate to the vicar of Olney in 1764. His fervor was so strong that he held devotional meetings and wrote hymns, both of which the Established Church of the time considered heretical activities. With William Cowper, he published the now famous Olney Hymns in 1779, including Amazing Grace.

Late in his long life, he used his experience in slaving and his celebrity to advocate for the bill which in 1807 finally abolished slavery in all of Britain.

Answer 4

I've heard it was made by a scottish man. At the Maclaster University Scottish Country fair. They played it on bagpipes. Do u think a University would lie?
I've also heard from a teacher that it was made by a former black man in the 60',70's era.
Then somebody else told me it was written by a slave way back then.

Answer 5

Keep reading. Many of the old Christian hymns were written by slaves and sung by both salves and slave owners. Only God could have brought slaves through the ordeal they were forced to endure.

Answer 6

I had no idea. Did you know that George Washington, the Father of our country owned slaves?

Good to know we have held on to good values and thoughts from the past while rooting out and eliminating those that are not right.

Answer 7

Mav study this
John Newton was once a slave owner and a slave trader. He came to Christ during a storm.
Over time, he quit being a slave trader, freed his slaves and became an abolitionist.

Answer 8

This song develop into written in Scotland by way of John Newton and William Cowper. Newton develop right into a sailor in the slave deliver corporation and wrote the song after a hurricane that develop into so violent he felt he ought to in ordinary terms be stored by way of God's grace. even although he had this epiphany he did no longer immediately replace -- he stored with the slave commerce for years later on. It wasn't till he had a stroke that stored him from crusing that he entered the ministry and printed his song in a e book talked approximately as the Olney hymns after the church the place he began his ministry. The song unfold, in all probability as a results of fact of his involvement with the slave commerce and develop into sung by way of African human beings and by way of Cherokees who sange the song on the process tears. in recent times you hear it performed with bagpipes despite if it develop right into a forgotten song in Scotland till the individuals flow delivered back an excellent form of forgotten classic songs. the belief develop into taken out of a passage in a million Chronicles in the previous testomony, a prayer by way of King David, meaning we are powerless to do good stuff on our own, it somewhat is only by way of our greater power's grace that we are in a position to stay to tell the story the pains of the international and anticipate salvation.

Answer 9

I did the research, John Newton, he was a slave trader, not a slave owner, when he turned to Christ he renounced his career in slave trading. Next time, why don't you do a better job at research.

Answer 10

LOL. Yeah. It's been sung by millions of people. I'm not at all surprised that a slave holder would be among them.

THINK before you write.

Answer 11

Slavery is allowed in Christianity. There are rules of treatment that apply to slaves (you can't be an all-domineering master), but it is still allowed.