Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Rasor Bibliography
View entry no. 193
Full entry text:
Aitken, Jonathan. John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace. London: Continuum, 2007, xix, 308 pp. Foreword: Philip Yancey; useful & popular study of famous figure; to RN, flogged, to slaving ship, to abolitionist; wrote "Amazing Grace."
Categories:
19th C. (1800-1899); memoir; merchant marine; music; Royal Navy; slave trade;
Keywords:
19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , music, culture, arts