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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... 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 Sancho's fame as ...
Ignatius Sancho Vincent Carretta. LETTERS OF THE LATE IGNATIUS SANCHO , AN AFRICAN EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY VINCENT CARRETTA PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUIN BOOKS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Putnam Inc.
... published in Great Britain 1782 This edition with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta published in Penguin Books 1998 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Introduction and notes copyright © Vincent Carretta , 1998 All rights reserved LIBRARY ...
... published after Sancho's death . Jekyll later reported that Sancho was so famous that Samuel Johnson , the greatest British literary figure during the last half of the eighteenth century , had agreed to write his biography , but he ...
... published poet the quality of his work was dis- puted by the philosopher David Hume , as well as by Samuel Estwick and Edward Long , both apologists for slavery , in their attempts to undermine claims for African intelligence . Montagu ...