John Newton was a troubled young man with a violent temper and a penchant for vulgarity that literally made his fellow sailors blush. Whipped for desertion and sold into slavery, it seemed his life would end early in a West African grave...until he was rescued by a ship captain sent by his father. Following a powerful conversion experience during a storm at sea, Newton would eventually become a pastor in the Church of England and the writer of several of the church's most beloved hymns, including "Amazing Grace".
as John Newton
as Aminata
as Older Samuel Watson
as Tribesman
as Elizabeth Scatliffe Newton
as Bar Wench
as Captain Philip Carteret
as Old John Newton
as Young Samuel Watson
as Mr. Chapman
as Billy Prowse
as Captain Phelps
as Peyai
