Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African
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Author Ignatius Sancho
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Pages 346
Release 1803
Genre Actors, Black
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The Letters of Ignatius Sancho

The Letters of Ignatius Sancho
Title The Letters of Ignatius Sancho PDF eBook
Author Ignatius Sancho
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Pages 400
Release 2002
Genre Africans
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Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African
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Author Ignatius Sancho
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Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African

Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African
Title Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African PDF eBook
Author Ignatius Sancho
Publisher Broadview Press
Pages 370
Release 2015-04-14
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 1554811961

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A contemporary critic described Ignatius Sancho as “what is very uncommon for men of his complexion, A man of letters.” A London shopkeeper, former butler, and descendant of slaves, Sancho was the first author of African descent to have his correspondence published. He was also a critic of literature, music, and art; a composer; and an advocate for the abolition of slavery. Sancho’s letters reveal an avid reader and prolific author, and his epistolary style shows a sophisticated understanding of both private and public audiences. Even after the abolition of the slave trade, proponents of equal rights on both sides of the Atlantic continued to use Sancho as an exemplar of the intellectual and moral capacity of people of African descent. In addition to the annotated letters by Sancho, this edition includes Laurence Sterne's letters to Sancho, Sancho's surviving autograph writings, and a selection of the many eighteenth-century responses to Sancho and his letters.

Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery

Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery
Title Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery PDF eBook
Author Quobna Ottobah Cugoano
Publisher Penguin
Pages 241
Release 1999-02-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1101177101

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A freed slave's daring assertion of the evils of slavery Born in present-day Ghana, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano was kidnapped at the age of thirteen and sold into slavery by his fellow Africans in 1770; he worked in the brutal plantation chain gangs of the West Indies before being freed in England. His Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil of Slavery is the most direct criticism of slavery by a writer of African descent. Cugoano refutes pro-slavery arguments of the day, including slavery's supposed divine sanction; the belief that Africans gladly sold their own families into slavery; that Africans were especially suited to its rigors; and that West Indian slaves led better lives than European serfs. Exploiting his dual identity as both an African and a British citizen, Cugoano daringly asserted that all those under slavery's yoke had a moral obligation to rebel, while at the same time he appealed to white England's better self. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African [ed. by J. Jekyll].

Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African [ed. by J. Jekyll].
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