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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... servants , about equally divided between male and female ; at the top of the ser- vant hierarchy , if there was a male head of the house , was the ... servant's po- sition , probably also acting as house steward in charge X INTRODUCTION.
... servants . In theory , the employer's solicitude for the material welfare of the servant extended beyond the period of service . Thus , at the duchess of Montagu's death in 1751 , she left Sancho an annuity of thirty pounds — an ample ...
... servants in wealthy households - and particularly in the public roles of butler and valet - because they were associated with the exotic riches of the empire and thus served as the most obvious indi- cators of the status of their owners ...
... servants , artists , businessmen , country squires , and prominent politicians . The ease and respect with which he communicates with his correspondents , no matter how much they differ from him in age or social status , account for ...
... servants : Charles Browne , Mrs. H— , James Kisbee , and Roger Rush . He treated as protégés the much younger John Meheux , an amateur writer and artist , and Julius Soubise , servant of the duchess of Queensberry and man - about - town ...