{"id":1301,"count":4,"description":"William Cowper (1731-1800) was an English poet and hymn writer. Though never a preacher of the gospel, his hymns have blessed generations of the Lord\u2019s people. He became close friends with John Newton, which led to the publication of the Olney Hymns\u2014a collection of hymns designed to be used by Newton\u2019s congregation. Both men were Abolitionists, campaigning to end the slave trade. Cowper wrote several anti-slavery compositions, one of which was called \u201cThe Negro\u2019s Complaint\u201d, frequently quoted by Martin Luther King Jr during the civil rights movement of the 20th century. ","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/william-cowper\/","name":"William Cowper","slug":"william-cowper","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}