Description
One of the largest archives of writing by an eighteenth-century Black individual, this volume not only connects the letters of Ignatius Sancho to their social and historical contexts but also highlights their cultural and aesthetic significance. Offering an interdisciplinary range of perspectives on Sancho and his letters from across literary, historical, and cultural studies, and authored by scholars, archivists, and performers alike, it provides the first authoritative, accessible resource focused exclusively on Sancho's life and writing. Building on established connections to abolitionism and the aesthetics of sentiment, it breaks new ground by considering Sancho's continuing significance for Black British society specifically, and UK literature and history generally.
Table of Contents
Introduction Kristina Huang and Nicole N. Aljoe; Part I. Archival Contexts and Networks: 1. Joseph Jekyll's 'Life of Ignatius Sanch' Brycchan Carey; 2. Sancho and his family Montaz Marché; 3. Ignatius Sancho's London Oliver Ayers; 4. Sancho and the Montagu family Crispin Powell; 5. Sancho's network of subscribers Lawrence Evalyn; 6. Sancho's correspondents Vincent Carretta; Part II. Social Contexts: 7. Ignatius Sancho, sentiment, and 'African sensibility' Markman Ellis; 8. Abolition and Sancho Sören Hammerschmidt; 9. Sancho's pluralistic afterlife David Mark Diamond; 10. Sancho's humor Amit Yahav; Part III. Performance, Visual Culture, and the Afterlives: 11. A social pursuit: music in the life of Ignatius Sancho Devin Leigh; 12. Ignatius Sancho and the theater Atesede Makonnen; 13. Ignatius Sancho and visual culture Charlotte Grant; 14. Sancho: on belonging Paterson Joseph; Appendices; Index.
