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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... heart as humanized as any of the fairest about St. James's , " and the magazine predicted that publication of the letter in Sterne's collection would increase business at his Westminster shop . An anonymous correspondent , perhaps Miss ...
... heart than the head . They breathe the purest effusions of friend- ship and general philanthropy , and shew how great a degree of the latter may be compounded with strong religious zeal . He is often happy in the turn of his compliments ...
... heart . This correspondence is , indeed , the cement of friendship . . . . The pen . . . makes dis- tance , presence ; and brings back to sweet remembrance all the delights of presence ; which makes even presence but body , while ...
... image of himself : It has been so long said as to be commonly believed , that the true characters of men may be found in their letters , and that he who writes to his friend lays his heart open before xxiv INTRODUCTION.
Ignatius Sancho Vincent Carretta. who writes to his friend lays his heart open before him . But the truth is that such were the simple friendships of the Golden Age , and are now the friendships only of children . Very few can boast of ...