He didn't. He wrote it *after* he was a captain of a slave ship. He nearly sank in a storm one night, and I'm not sure of the details from there, but it was after that that and a long period as a prisoner of some kind himself that he gave up the "trade" when he became a Christian. Then he wrote Amazing Grace. I need to read up again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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You also may not have realized that the writer of Amazing Grace wrote it while he was captain of a slave ship.E.To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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