Ignatius Sancho
Subtitle: an African man of letters
By: Reyahn King ... [et al.] ; foreword by Caryl Phillips.
Contributors: King, Reyahn.
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780.; Africans -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.; Blacks -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century.; Composers, Black -- England -- London -- Biography.; Grocers -- England -- London -- Biography.; Blacks in art.; Westminster (London, England) -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.