John Newton was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist. He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade. He served as a sailor in the Royal Navy and was himself enslaved for a time in... Wikipedia
Born: August 4, 1725, Wapping, United Kingdom
Died: December 21, 1807 (age 82 years), London, United Kingdom
Place of burial: St Peter & St Paul Church, Olney, United Kingdom
Children: Elizabeth Catlett and Eliza Cunningham
Parents: Elizabeth Newton and John Newton Sr.
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