I never knew what it meant being a slave until I quitted religion

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In the 16th century, a man named John Newton was enslaved for fifteen years as a sailor on a merchant ship. He was so beaten down by his experience as a slave that he became a Christian and wrote the book "Amazing Grace." Click here to read the book's first chapter.

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1. I never knew what it meant being a slave until I quitted religion

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