Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an AfricanPenguin, 1998 - Počet stran: 336 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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... Africa to the Americas . In the Spanish colony of New Granada ( present - day Colombia , Panama , Venezuela , and Ecuador ) ... African descent . Sancho's accomplishments include a number of Afro - British firsts : the first published ...
... African / edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta . p . cm . ( Penguin classics ) Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) . ISBN 0 14 04.3637 5 ( pbk . ) 1. Sancho , Ignatius , 1729-1780 - Correspondence . 2 ...
... African intelligence . Montagu was so impressed by Sancho's intelligence that he frequently brought him home , encouraged him to read by giving him books , and unsuccessfully tried to get Sancho's mistresses to support his education ...
... African . The occasion which then offered for introducing his name into the Review , was his correspondence with the celebrated Sterne ; whose Letters were the subject of the article to which we refer . The genius , and good character ...
... Africans . Such citations began the development of the canon of authors of African descent writing in the English lan- guage . For example , in his Essays Historical and Moral ( 1785 ) , George Gregory sees Wheatley's poems and Sancho's ...