Anglican Communion News Service] As the Procession of Witness reached Lambeth Bridge, London, as part of a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in England, a large choir sang Amazing Grace, the hymn written by John Newton, himself a reformed slavemaster. It was from this bridge that some 2,700 ships set sail on the first leg of a journey which would ship slaves and other cargoes between Britain, America and the West Indies. Two out of every 10 slaves died on the ships.
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