[CrazyIvan]

John Newton was involved with the slave trade but was pressed into involuntary service on a slave ship. He was little more than a slave himself.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Per Wiki, Newton captained slave ships both before and after his Christian conversion.

He wrote a bedrock hymn but by today’s liberal “logic” Baraq had no business singing it.

[BwanaNdege]

John Newton was involved with the slave trade but was pressed into involuntary service on a slave ship. He was little more than a slave himself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Newton

Newton returned to Liverpool, England, a major port for the Triangle Trade. Partly due to the influence of his father's friend Joseph Manesty, he obtained a position as first mate aboard the slave ship Brownlow, bound for the West Indies via the coast of Guinea. While in west Africa (1748–1749), Newton acknowledged the inadequacy of his spiritual life. He became ill with a fever and professed his full belief in Christ, asking God to take control of his destiny. He later said that this was the first time he felt totally at peace with God.

He did not renounce working in the slave trade until later in his life. After his return to England in 1750, he made three voyages as captain of the slave ships Duke of Argyle (1750) and African (1752–1753 and 1753–1754). After suffering a severe stroke in 1754, he gave up seafaring and slave-trading activities. But he continued to invest in Manesty's slaving operations.[9]