What connects the song you hear (Bob Marley’s Redemption Song) with this man, this house and these objects?

The 1 st Clue … The man is Thomas Clarkson. He was born in 1760 (Wisbech, Cambridgeshire). His father was the local headmaster. Clarkson was only six when his father died in 1766. Clarkson went to the local grammar school and later Cambridge University (St John’s College). He intended to join the church. Friends describe him as a kind, generous and shy man. Clarkson was over six feet tall and always tended to wear black. He lived here (Playford Hall, near Ipswich) for 30 years …

and is buried here (Playford Church, Suffolk)

Clue 2 Listen to the song carefully … REDEMPTION SONG Old pirates, yes, they rob I; Sold I to the merchant ships, Minutes after they took I From the bottomless pit. But my hand was made strong By the 'and of the Almighty. We forward in this generation Triumphantly. Won't you help to sing These songs of freedom? - 'Cause all I ever have: Redemption songs; Redemption songs.