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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... young slave , John , second duke of Mon- tagu , had a house in nearby Blackheath and met Sancho by ac- cident . Montagu took an active interest in the intellectual abilities of Blacks . During the 1730s he played a major role in ...
... young massa , as he called our hero . " And in the appendix to Weeden Butler the younger's novel Zimao , the Af- rican ( 1800 ) , " the late celebrated Ignatius Sancho " is quoted , " on behalf of sable humanity . " The literary quality ...
... young Jack Win- grave or the irresponsible Julius Soubise ; the flirtatious married voice addressing the unmarried Margaret Cocksedge ; the voice of the loving and affectionate father relating the joys and sorrows of family life ; the ...
... young Wingrave , Sancho embraces a dual identity as a Black in Britain . On occasion , Sancho chooses to embrace his African identity fully to enable himself rhetorically to judge the corruption of England from a more innocent point of ...
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