what was his position in navy?
He became a midshipman aboard HMS "Harwich"
John Newton
In 1743, while going to visit friends, Newton was captured and pressed into the naval service by the Royal Navy. He became a midshipman aboard HMS "Harwich". At one point Newton tried to desert and was punished in front of the crew of 350. Stripped to the waist and tied to the grating, he received a flogging of eight dozen lashes and was reduced to the rank of a common seaman.
who wrote the last verse of amazing grace John Newton is it a poem? It is a Christian hymn who sang in the recorded version of it? Edwin Othello Excell is one of them was there any revival happened because of this hymn? Yes, Dwight Moody and Ira Sankey heralded another religious revival giving the song international exposure what is the profession of the one who wrote the last version of it? He was an English Anglican clergyman and abolitionist, also having been Captain of slave ships and investor of trade what did he abolish? African slave trade
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John Newton [SEP] Impressment into naval service
In 1743, while going to visit friends, Newton was captured and pressed into the naval service by the Royal Navy. He became a midshipman aboard HMS "Harwich". At one point Newton tried to desert and was punished in front of the crew of 350. Stripped to the waist and tied to the grating, he received a flogging of eight dozen lashes and was reduced to the rank of a common seaman. Following that disgrace and humiliation, Newton initially contemplated murdering the captain and committing suicide by throwing himself overboard. He recovered, both physically and mentally. Later, while "Harwich" was en route to India, he transferred to "Pegasus", a slave ship bound for West Africa.