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Amazing Grace


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"Amazing Grace" was written by John Newton, a former slave trader turned Anglican priest, in 1772, reflecting his own dramatic conversion from a life of sin and hardship to faith, though it gained little traction in England until it became a beloved American folk hymn during the Second Great Awakening, famously paired with the "New Britain" tune by William Walker in 1835, embedding itself in American history, from

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