Amazing Grace Movie

Don't miss this one ... it's an inspiring movie about a powerful moment in history.  This year is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade in the UK and the leading force behind that change was British politician, William Wilberforce. 

While I knew the story of John Newton, the slave ship captain who became a minister and wrote the title song, I did not know how the slave trade actually ended.  It was interesting to find out that rather than being beat down by rhetoric and reason, the slave trade was sapped of its energy by a legal maneuver that took away the profit in stealing, transporting and selling human beings. 

The movie is a stirring reminder of how much one person can do.  While there were many people involved in this movement, Wilberforce was the catalyst that kept it alive and forced the vote in the political arena.  It also made me wonder how we might remove the profit from war. 

Lest we think slavery is only a nasty note in our past, however, one reviewer reminds us,  "But the work of justice and mercy continues. 27 million men, women, and children are still enslaved around the globe."

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[Nutster]

Done! I have had enough recommendations to see this movie. Yours is the final straw, Joyce. Thank you, Joyce, as I now have made it a "will do" instead of a "should do."