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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... correspondence published during and after his life that made him the most celebrated Afro - Briton before the twentieth century . In 1782 , two years after Sancho's death , one of his correspondents published his letters , increasing ...
... Correspondence . 2. Westminster ( London , England ) —Social life and customs . 3. London ( England ) - Race relations - History - 18th century . 4. Composers , Black- England London - Correspondence . 5. Africans - England - London ...
... Volume II ix xxxiii XXXV xxxvii xxxix xli 1 126 Explanatory Notes 247 Appendix A : List of Letters 325 Appendix B : Laurence Sterne's Correspondence with Ignatius Sancho 331 INTRODUCTION One of only two people of African descent ( vii.
... correspondence reveals a man who was an avid reader of eighteenth - century literature and who had enough education to be able to imitate Sterne's prose style , punctuation , Shandean multilingual jokes , and wordplay . Before and after ...
... correspondence was substantial . Sales were so suc- cessful that Sancho's widow received more than £ 500 from the over 1200 subscribers and a fee paid by the booksellers for per- mission to publish a second edition . The first review of ...