How does the song Amazing Grace relate to slavery?

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Answer 1

Amazing Grace was written by the captain of a slave trading ship on his way to North America from Africa. In the middle of the night he felt that God came to him and taught him the error of his ways, he wrote Amazing Grace, turned the ship around and returned the people to Africa.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Amazing Grace..hmmm. From the haunting melodies of that song, need anyone even ask? That song MUST have been related to slavery!

In reality though, if you google it, the link you get is about John Newton being captain of a slaveship and being saved in from a storm...

What i can tell u is about the movie 'The Amazing Grace', that premiered recently in Nigeria starring Nick Noran, Scott Cleverdon, Zack Amata directed by Jeta Amata, is about John Newton on a slaveship off one one the coasts of Calabar in Nigeria (AFRICA) in a storm composing the song....

These links might convince you..

Answer 5

"At any rate, John Newton (1725-1807) was the captain of an old slave ship. As a child, Newton had been exposed to religious training, but the things he learned didn't stay with him as an adult. Nevertheless, at age twenty-three, when all seemed lost in the midst of a violent storm on the high seas, Newton cried out to God for mercy. He felt that his subsequent survival was a result of God's answer to his cry, and Newton said that through that experience God began a work of grace in his life. Newton continued to run slaves for a little while, but saw to it that they were treated better, and eventually he left the slave trade behind.

John Newton also wrote the lyrics to the famous gospel classic "Amazing Grace." If one looks it up in the Library of Congress, the lyrics are attributed to Newton, and in terms of credit for the music, it simply says: "Anonymous." The way I understand it, the melody of this song was something Newton often heard drifting up from below in the slave ship as he was transporting blacks to market, and that it gripped Newton's heart so strongly that he ended up writing lyrics to it."

Answer 6

This is prob­ab­ly the most pop­u­lar hymn in the Eng­lish lan­guage—a tel­e­vi­sion doc­u­ment­ary was ev­en made about it. Per­haps it is be­cause its words so well de­scribe the au­thor: John New­ton was a slave trad­er be­fore com­ing to Christ. It was sung at the fun­er­al of Amer­i­can pre­si­dent Ron­ald Rea­gan.

Answer 7

The song Amazing Grace was made by a guy named John Newton. He had a job was to be a servant of a man that transpored SLAVES by sea and sell them. His master abused him a lot. He wasn't very religious although his mom taught him Christainity but she died when he was pretty young. His wife turned him around and he figured how far he was from his god. He was so happy when he believed Jesus died for him and made the song amazing grace.

Answer 8

the song was written by John Newton, a former captain of a slave ship. Though he became a minister he still had investments with the slave trade and it wasnt until many years after he wrote the hymn that he began to condemn it.

Answer 9

It doesn't! It was written by an agnostic sea captain caught in a horrific storm. He promised GOD he would believe if the storm stopped. It did, he believed and wrote Amazing grace.

Answer 10

I always knew it to be played for funerals and death related events. I've not heard anything about it referenced in slavery.