tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8973538086527803063.post6500264071826104891..comments2023-10-22T02:03:51.023-07:00Comments on The Dr. Wayne Dyer Blog: Listen to Wayne Dyer on Aware from May 18Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8973538086527803063.post-2894172578322821892012-05-24T23:36:29.674-07:002012-05-24T23:36:29.674-07:00You mention in your new PBS show a story about Joh...You mention in your new PBS show a story about John Newton and how he became an ardent anti slave trader after a miracle at sea. What is the source for your story? <br /><br />^ Adam Hochschild. Bury the Chains. Basingstoke: Pan Macmillan, 2005. 77.<br />He did not renounce the slave trade until later in his life. After his return to England in 1750, he made three further voyages as captain of the slave-trading ships Duke of Argyle (1750) and African (1752–1753 and 1753–1754). <br /><br />He only gave up seafaring and his active slave-trading activities in 1754, after suffering a severe stroke, but continued to invest his savings in Manesty's slaving operations."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643051324986386022noreply@blogger.com