Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an AfricanPenguin, 1998 - 336 oldal Born on a slave ship enroute to the West Indies, orphaned by the age of two and taken to England by his owner, Ignatius Sancho rose from servitude to include among his friends noted artists, writers, actors, and prominent politicians. Sancho first gained celebrity when one of his letters appeared in the novelist Laurence Sterne's Letters (1775) and, inspired by the editor's desire to show "that an untutored African may possess abilities equal to a European", two volumes of Sancho's letters were published shortly after his death. The literary quality and the historical importance of the letters endure, revealing a man of sensitivity, intellect, and charm, while also presenting an unusual chronicle of the times. Sancho offers young men fatherly advice on their futures; writes flirtatiously to young women; relates the joys and sorrows of family life; swaps literary jokes; and comments perceptively on the issues of the day. His thoughts on race and politics -- including his criticism of British imperialism in India, the complicity of Africans in the slave trade, and the blatant racism that flourishes in his adopted homeland -- will be of particular interest to twentieth-century readers. While some letters may have been abridged because of the original editor's concerns about public sensitivities, they remain a powerful testament to the injustices of racial discrimination. |
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... any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser . Dedicated to the late Paul Edwards CONTENTS Introduction by Vincent.
Ignatius Sancho Vincent Carretta. Dedicated to the late Paul Edwards CONTENTS Introduction by Vincent Carretta Acknowledgments A Note on the.
... Edward Long , both apologists for slavery , in their attempts to undermine claims for African intelligence . Montagu was so impressed by Sancho's intelligence that he frequently brought him home , encouraged him to read by giving him ...
... Edwards , who led the way in the re- covery of eighteenth - century writings by people of African de- scent . Anyone now working in the field follows his tracks , and although I unfortunately never met him , he introduced me to Afro ...
... Edwards . London : Dawsons of Pall Mall , 1968 . Edwards , Paul , and Polly Rewt , eds . The Letters of Ignatius Sancho . Ed- inburgh : Edinburgh University Press , 1994. This edition uses the 1803 fifth edition as its copy - text ...