John Newton was a troubled young man with a violent temper and a penchant for vulgarity that literally made his fellow sailors blush. Whipped for desertion and sold into slavery, it seemed his life would end early in a West African grave...until he was rescued by a ship captain sent by his father. Following a powerful conversion experience during a storm at sea, Newton would eventually become a pastor in the Church of England and the writer of several of the church's most beloved hymns, including "Amazing Grace".

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Erik Nelson
John Newton

Lunden De'Leon
Aminata
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Rob Springer
Older Samuel Watson
QJ
Quinten Johnson
Tribesman

Amber Dawn Fox
Elizabeth Scatliffe Newton

Lilly Nelson
Bar Wench
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W. Scott Parker III
Captain Philip Carteret
JJ
John Jackman
Old John Newton
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Landon Wall
Young Samuel Watson