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What former slave trader wrote one of the world's most famous hymns? Learn!
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807). Newton wrote the lyrics from his own experience of grace and redemption after a profound spiritual conversion. The hymn is notably associated with the abolition of slavery, as Newton became a prominent abolitionist after leaving the slave trade.