Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African by Ignatius Sancho

Sancho's last letters, betraying his acute suffering from gout, reveal the same warmth of affection and zeal for justice which characterised his life. Volume 2 contains letters for the period 1778–80. Booktopia has Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of his Life by Ignatius Sancho. It includes the famous 1766 letter to Sterne, incorrectly dated 1776. Volume 1 contains Jekyll's biography, a list of more than 1,200 subscribers, and letters for the period 1768–78. In addition to this, his writings provide glimpses into both his professional life as a shopkeeper and private life as a family man. Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African : in two volumes : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life. Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African Paperback Illustrated, Novemby Ignatius Sancho (Author) 3 ratings 3.7 on Goodreads 40 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 4.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 29.95 4 New from 29.95 Paperback 31.85 2 Used from 21.51 9 New from 26.99 To Mr. This two-volume collection of Sancho's letters was published in 1782 by the hostess Frances Crewe (1748–1818), who upheld Sancho as proof, in an age of dehumanising slavery, that Africans possessed as much natural intelligence as Europeans. Ignatius Sancho used the medium of letters to record his thoughts on many of the major political, economic and cultural issues of late 18th-century Britain and its empire. The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African, edited and published two years after his death, is one of the earliest accounts of African slavery written in English by a former slave of Spanish and English families. The politician Joseph Jekyll (1754–1837) commended Sancho's 'epistolary talent' in a brief biography, praising his 'wild patriotism' and 'universal philanthropy'. He corresponded with many notable figures, including the author Laurence Sterne, whom he urged to write against slavery in the West Indies. Largely self-taught, he was the first Black Briton known to have voted in parliamentary elections and to be given an obituary in the British press. Born a slave, Ignatius Sancho (c.1729–80) became one of the most influential free Africans of his century.

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African by Ignatius Sancho