The Rev. John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting ...

Not long after, he quit slave trading and began studying ... Radio’s Samatha Balaban’s excellent story on the history of “Amazing Grace” reveals that singer Judy Collins did an impromptu ...

BALABAN: Newton gave up slave trading. He became a parish rector and started writing hymns ... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) BARACK OBAMA AND UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Singing) I once was lost ...

History is filled with stories of remarkable women who shattered societal norms to become warriors and leaders. These ...

A field trip to explore Manx history was an "amazing" and "life changing" experience for a group of Canadian students. The group of 22, who are studying history at Brock University in Ontario ...

252 years ago today, the hymn that would become Amazing Grace, then known as “1 Chronicles 17:16–17”, was first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney ...

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Grace O’Malley was a renowned 16th-century Irish pirate, sea captain, and chieftain who defied the conventions of her time to become one of the most famous women in Irish history. Born around ...

A 2023 review of the Australian Modern Slavery Act recommended Australia introduce due diligence laws similar to those recently ratified by the European Union, but the Albanese Government has ...

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