{"product_id":"letters-of-the-late-ignatius-sancho-an-african-paperback-2","title":"Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Ignatius Sancho\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicole N. Aljoe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarkman Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'In short, I write just what I think.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a successful career in the service of an aristocratic family, Charles Ignatius Sancho (c.1729-1780) established a successful grocery business in Westminster and had eight children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Charming, playful, and thoughtful, \u003cem\u003eLetters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African\u003c\/em\u003e provides an unequalled portrait of the everyday life of a Black family in eighteenth-century London. The collection of 161 letters reveals Sancho as a \"man of letters,\" a committed Christian, and a politically-engaged citizen--one of the first Black Britons to cast a vote in a general election. Published posthumously in 1782, the volume met with immediate success. His letters, admired for their distinctive epistolary style, were reproduced as model examples of how to write with feeling, wit, and sincerity. Sancho also developed important commentary on European discourses of race and slavery, topics to which the correspondence repeatedly returns. His writing--both the fact of its existence and its cultural sophistication-- was important evidence for the abolition campaigns which emerged after his death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNewly edited from the first edition of the \u003cem\u003eLetters\u003c\/em\u003e, Nicole N. Aljoe, Markman Ellis, and Oliver Ayers provide new information about Sancho and his family in an introduction and detailed notes. Appendices present biographical notes on his principal correspondents and a summary of the contemporary response. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Ignatius Sancho \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicole N. Aljoe is Professor of English and Africana Studies at Northeastern University in Boston. She is co-Director of The Early Caribbean Digital Archive and Mapping Black London, and Director of the Early Black Boston Digital Almanac. Her research and teaching focuses on 18th and early 19th Century Black Atlantic and Caribbean literatures with specializations in slave narrative, early novels about race, and digital humanities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarkman Ellis is Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of several monographs on early modern literature and society, and has published essays on Ignatius Sancho, the 'slave' narrative, and eighteenth-century Caribbean poetry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOliver Ayers is Associate Professor in History at Northeastern University London, and London Director of Northeastern's Humanities Center. His research centres on themes of race, urban space and digital historical analysis. He is co-leader of the multiyear digital history project, Mapping Black London, alongside Nicole N. Aljoe.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.74 x 5.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875142611193,"sku":"9780192869609","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QWUQ9pwNeL9780192869609.webp?v=1787333158","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/letters-of-the-late-ignatius-sancho-an-african-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}