1950's+Era

John Newton was a slave in the slave drive at his own request. He was severely abused by his master; a slave trader. When he was going home, he tried to steer the ship through a violent storm he experienced what he later reffered to as his "great deliverance". When he thought the ship would surely sink, he shouted, "Lord! Have mercy on us!" . Later, when he was in his cabin, he looked back on what he had said during the storm. He started to beleive God had adressed him through the storm. Grace had begun to work for him.
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 * What e**ffect does it have on society, or how was society affected by it?

**Lyrics - include interpretation** // //**__Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound. That saved a wrech like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see. When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun We've no less days to sing gods praise than when, when we first begun. Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come 'Twas grace that brought me safe thus far and grace will lead me home.This face and flock he saved us by his endless grace will leave me whole Amazing Grace! Oh how sweet the sound, that saved a wreck like me! I once was lost, but now am found was blind but now I see.__**//

Jhon Newton wrote it. Elvis Presley performed it.
 * //Who wrote it? Who performed it? If there are multiple performers, please list all. Who was the most popular? Were there different styles?//**
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//The movies Sunset Boulevard and All About Eve were popular along with the fiction books The Martian Chronicles//
 * What were the t**rends in popular culture (clothing, movies, music, video game-like things, entertainment, etc)//