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Ignatius Sancho : an African man of letters
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"Born on a slave ship crossing the Atlantic, Ignatius Sancho defied what he called the 'miserable fate of almost all of our unfortunate colour'. A friend of Laurence Sterne, and author of A Theory ...
"Born on a slave ship crossing the Atlantic, Ignatius Sancho defied what he called the 'miserable fate of almost all of our unfortunate colour'. A friend of Laurence Sterne, and author of A Theory of Music, Sancho had become part of the literary and musical establishment by the time of his death in 1780. Bringing to life an exemplary black Englishman lost in traditional history, Ignatius Sancho offers a fascinating insight into the life of this remarkable man."--Jacket
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- Creator
- Reyahn King [and others] ; foreword by Caryl Phillips
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- London : National Portrait Gallery, [1997]
- ©1997
- Physical Details
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- 124 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- ISBNs
- 1855141922, 9781855141926
- OCLC
- ocm36619908
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Ignatius Sancho and portraits of the black élite / Reyahn King -- Ignatius Sancho : an African man of letters / Sukhdev Sandhu -- Plates -- Ignatius Sancho : the man and his times / James Walvin -- Black musicians in England : Ignatius Sancho and his contemporaries / Jane Girdham
Subjects
- Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.
- Westminster (London, England) -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
- Africans -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
- Black people -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.
- Composers, Black -- England -- London -- Biography.
- Grocers -- England -- London -- Biography.
- Black people in art.
- Authors, English -- 18th century -- Biography.
- Authors, Black -- England -- Biography.
- Musicians, Black -- England -- Biography.