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Letters Of The Late Ignatius Sancho, An African ...: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs Of His Life ...; Volume 1 Of Letters Of The Late Ignatius Sancho, An African ...: To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs Of His Life; Miss Crewe

Ignatius Sancho, Joseph Jekyll

Miss Crewe

Printed by J. Nichols, 1782

Blacks; Great Britain

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Born a slave and largely self-taught, Ignatius Sancho (c.1729-80) corresponded in Britain with a wide social circle that included nobility, artists and politicians. Published in 1782, this two-volume collection of his charmingly composed letters helped counter contemporary racism by showing that Africans possessed as much natural intelligence as Europeans.
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A contemporary critic described Ignatius Sancho as “what is very uncommon for men of his complexion, A man of letters.” A London shopkeeper, former butler, and descendant of slaves, Sancho was the first author of African descent to have his correspondence published. He was also a critic of literature, music, and art; a composer; and an advocate for the abolition of slavery. Sancho’s letters reveal an avid reader and prolific author, and his epistolary style shows a sophisticated understanding of both private and public audiences. Even after the abolition of the slave trade, proponents of equal rights on both sides of the Atlantic continued to use Sancho as an exemplar of the intellectual and moral capacity of people of African descent.

In addition to the annotated letters by Sancho, this edition includes Laurence Sterne's letters to Sancho, Sancho's surviving autograph writings, and a selection of the many eighteenth-century responses to Sancho and his letters.

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  • PublisherNabu Press
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 1275013864
  • ISBN 13 9781275013865
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages276
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