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John Newton (/ ˈ nj uː t ən /; 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 and an investor in the slave trade.
John Newton captained slave ships and was enslaved himself in Sierra Leone. He became an abolitionist, calling the African slave trade "this stain of our National character". Cosmana Navarra (c. 1600 –1687), Maltese noblewoman and art patron who also owned slaves. [64] John Newton (1725–1807), British slave trader and later abolitionist. [227]
Aiken was a slave owner, and owned the Smith family slave plantation after marrying Miss Smith of Abbeville, which held about 40 slaves. [13] [14] William Aiken: Democratic: South Carolina's 6th district, 2nd district Mar. 3, 1851 Mar. 2, 1857 700+
The Rev. John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting the Christian view of man as a fallen creature who can do nothing to save ...
As president, he generally supported the rights of slave owners. His will provided for the freeing of his slaves after the death of his wife, though the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ended up freeing them long before her death in 1891. See James K. Polk and slavery for more details. 12th
Antebellum city directories from slave states can be valuable primary sources on the trade; slave dealers listed in the 1855 directory of Memphis, Tennessee, included Bolton & Dickens, Forrest & Maples operating at 87 Adams, Neville & Cunningham, and Byrd Hill Slave depots, including ones owned by Mason Harwell and Thomas Powell, listed in the ...
Pages in category "American slave owners" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,026 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Audubon owned enslaved people for a number of years but sold them in 1830 when he moved to England, where he was overseeing the production of “The Birds of America,” according to Gregory ...