Amazing Science?

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3. The meaning of "Amazing Grace" changed for me when I understood who had written it

... At just 11 years old, Newton went to sea with his father. In 1743 he was on his way to a position as a slave master on a plantation in Jamaica, when he was pressed into naval service ... Eventually he reached the coast of Sierra Leone where he became the servant of an abusive slave trader ... In 1750, he made a further voyage as master of the slave ship 'Duke of Argyle' and two voyages on the 'African' ... Newton mounted guns and muskets on the desk aimed at the slaves' quarters. Slaves were lashed and put in thumbscrews to keep them quiet ... In 1754, after a serious illness, he gave up seafaring altogether. In 1757, he applied for the Anglican priesthood ... In 1787, Newton wrote .. 'Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade' ... It graphically described the horrors of the Slave Trade and his role in it. He later joined William Wilberforce in the campaign for abolition of the Slave Trade ... http://abolition.e2bn.org/people_35.html

... I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see ...