![]() ![]() Newton took this as a sign from the Almighty and marked it as his conversion to Christianity. Newton prayed to God and the cargo miraculously shifted to fill a hole in the ship’s hull and the vessel drifted to safety. (In the show, the elder Newton is wounded during the battle for his son’s freedom and later has a tearful deathbed scene with John on board ship.)ĭuring the voyage home, the ship was caught in a horrendous storm off the coast of Ireland and almost sank. ![]() The stage version has John’s father leading a rescue party to save his son from the calculating Princess, but in actuality, the enterprise was undertaken by a sea captain asked by the senior Newton to look for the missing John. Newton converted to Christianity after a miracle at sea On stage, Newton’s African adventures and enslavement are a bit more flashy with the ship going down, a thrilling underwater rescue of Newton by his loyal retainer Thomas, and an implied love affair between Newton and the Princess. Clowe gave Newton to his wife Princess Peye, an African royal who treated him vilely as she did her other enslaved people. While later serving on the Pegasus, an enslaved person ship, Newton did not get along with the crew who left him in West Africa with Amos Clowe, an enslaver. ![]() After attempting to desert, he received eight dozen lashes and was reduced to the rank of common seaman. After many voyages and a reckless youth of drinking, Newton was impressed into the British navy. Newton was born in 1725 in London to a Puritan mother who died two weeks before his seventh birthday, and a stern sea-captain father who took him to sea at age 11. ![]()
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