Themes In Amazing Grace

* Skills:- Relate, recognise and take considered action, communication, recording and reporting and personal skills

For the larger part of his life, Douglass believed in a living God and whom he knew can change the world. According to him, love and freedom were the most important foundations of Christianity. Therefore, it is his faith that pushed his hope that there would be an end to slavery and racial discrimination. It is critical to note that for many years,

Many people take a stance and attempt to spread the word on the social injustices, such as slavery, that affect an abundance of people all around the world. These people, who want to see a change in the lives of several innocent people, use rhetoric techniques to influence the opinions of others in order to get the desired effect they want, which is to develop awareness related to the topic they are discussing. One effective rhetoric skill is ethos, the reliability of a source. In the movie Amazing Grace, William Wilberforce has a petition with signatures of people against the slave trade. Lord Charles Fox, who was in favor of slavery, switches sides and signs the petition in front of the Parliament.

Equiano sees the Quakers as simple people, good Christians, who have supported minorities, and who have been fundamental in what he calls, “breaking the yoke of slavery.” Not only was a Quaker the one who allowed him to purchase his liberty, but Quakers were the leaders of society in favor of abolition.

Team work, being good in working with people in different organisations and class. This type of skill can be seen in my study group is university, being part of two different societies in university and a sports team leader

Since the beginning of slavery, leaders called on their faith to justify the immoral actions of the slave trade. These strong preachers for their communities’ strategically defined the meanings of scriptures to sway members into the ideals of North vs. South. Richard Furman and John G. Fee are historical activists using scripture to inform the community of their views. Both figures, arguments juxtaposed reveal the stark differences in their interpretations of the connection between human nature and scripture.

The Abolitionist movement was not a direct result of the Second Great Awakening; concepts of abolition had been present decades before the Second Great Awakening. However, the new democratic aspects of religion supported the fight to end slavery in the United States. David Walker was an abolitionist who asked free black people to aid enslaved blacks through educating themselves and others around concepts of slavery (Document 3). This aspect of helping others relates to the teachings of Charles Finney, who was a revival preacher who openly denounced slavery and alcohol. In an article published in the New York Evangelist, Charles wanted the public to know that when the faith of a Christian is renewed, they will suffer when they see anyone else suffer. They want

Quakers believe in equality. They don’t like it when others try to be better than what they

A surge of religious revival accompanied the arrival of the abolition movement during the Second Great Awakening. Therefore, the connection between religion and opposition to slavery was extremely strong. This awakening advocated the inner perfection of all men and tried to perfect society as much as possible using social reform. These beliefs led many revivalist protestants to reject slavery as a Christian institution. For example, William Lloyd Garrison, a radical abolitionist produced the “Declaration of Sentiments” in opposition to slavery and its disregard for human rights (Document E).

During the 1780s and 1790s Reverend John Newton, preached against the horrors of slavery and spoke of his participation in the slave trade. He converted William Wilberforce, a member of Parliament, worked with Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp to end the slave trade. Through their writings speeches and meetings they spread knowledge of its evils. They proceeded to join the efforts of English Quakers and in 1806 they successfully convinced Parliament to abolish the slave trade. Elizabeth Coltman Heyrick's (an English Quaker) tract Immediate, Not Gradual Abolition published in 1824, helped transfer the ideas of British antislavery across the Atlantic. Inspired, William Lloyd Garrison took her idea and added his own of not compensating slave owners. He also supported full rights of citizenship for slaves and that they be allowed to remain in the country.

According to, LifeSiteNews.com, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, January 13, 2012, A New Jersey judge ruled against a Christian retreat house that refused to allow a same- sex civil union ceremony to be conducted on its premises, ruling the Constitution allows “some intrusion into religious freedom to balance other societal goals.” This is a prime example of how religion can cause people to be excluded from what should be considered a joyous moment in society. In addition, Frederick Douglass was genius in the way he portrayed religion as an incentive for the slave owners to treat their slave worse. He regularly stated that when slave owners found Christ they became even cruller. He was the one that pointed out that Christ should bring people closer together, and not divides

Throughout his childhood, John had learned to be against slavery. His father was a deeply religious man who believed owning people was against God’s word. Even as a child and teenager John was mature, enough to be an adult. So when he saw slaves beaten by their owners, he knew it was wrong. As a teenager, John proceeded to become closer to the lord. Soon John was an adult and still believed that slavery was wrong. The murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy set John over the edge and he vowed that he would end slavery.

Many examples exist from slavery to women's rights. However, many Quakers including William Penn did at one time own slaves, “Penn was a slaveholder and he permitted slavery to mar his, “Holy Experiment [Pennsylvania]” (Brown). Yet, Quakers did realize that owning slaves contradicted their own ideals and according to a book titled, The Quakers by Hugh

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Amazing Grace is not a good movie, it is a great movie. Films on History can be lengthy and tedious, but that sure is not the case in this fascinating movie about the famous abolitionist William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. Contrary to what its title suggests, “Amazing Grace” isn’t really about the inauguration of the Christian hymn. Set in the 18th century England, it focuses on William’s political career to abolish the slave trade by arguing against it on the floor of the House of Commons, which placed him at odds with some of the most powerful men of the time. William is a motivated man with one purpose; endeavoring to terminate slavery in the empire.