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Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African / edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta.

Title
Letters of the late Ignatius Sancho, an African / edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta.
Author
Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, c1998.

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Additional Authors
Carretta, Vincent
Description
xlii, 336 p. : ill.; 20 cm.
Summary
The letters here present a unique and interesting chronicle of the times. Sancho discusses issues which include his own life story from his beginnings as a slave, following his rise to fame and noterity as one of the first Afro-British critics.
Series Statement
Penguin classics
Uniform Title
  • Correspondence
  • Penguin classics
Alternative Title
Correspondence
Subject
  • 1700-1799
  • Africans > London > History > 18th century
  • Black people > London > History > 18th century
  • Composers, Black > London > Correspondence
  • Grocers > London > Correspondence
  • London (England) > History > 18th century
  • Sancho, Ignatius, 1729-1780
  • Westminster (London, England) > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographies
  • History
  • Personal correspondence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0140436375 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^97023377^
OCLC
37187432
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library