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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... probably knew each other , though no record of their acquaintance has been discovered . Sancho was born around 1729 on the Middle Passage - that is , on a slave ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean enroute to the West Indies . His mother ...
... , and the wine cellar . After the duke's death , since there was no longer a man heading the Montagu house , Sancho as butler held the highest servant's po- sition , probably also acting as house steward in charge X INTRODUCTION.
Ignatius Sancho Vincent Carretta. sition , probably also acting as house steward in charge of ac- counts and of the hiring and supervision of the other servants . Because of its combination of private and public duties , the po- sition ...
... probably motivated Sancho's employer to have the portrait of Sancho , richly though pointedly not exotically dressed , painted by Thomas Gainsborough in the fashionable English resort of Bath in November 1768. The same desire is ...
... probably associated with the gout that caused him to retire from Montagu's service . The eighteenth- century association of gout with wealth and obesity was well founded because the condition is aggravated by the consumption of alcohol ...