@article{1480778,
      recid = {1480778},
      author = {Barker-Benfield, G. J.,},
      title = {Ignatius Sancho and the British abolitionist movement,  1729-1786 : manhood, race and sensibility /},
      pages = {1 online resource (ix, 264 pages) :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book highlights the significant role played by  Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729-80), the first Black man to vote  in England, in the British abolitionist movement. Examining  the letters of Sancho, and especially his correspondence  with the influential novelist and preacher, Laurence  Sterne, the author analyses the relationship between  sensibility and antislavery in eighteenth-century Britain.  The book demonstrates how Sancho navigated the bawdy,  riotous conditions of commercial London, which was the  headquarters of a growing and war-torn Empire. It shows how  Sancho mastered the fashionable and gendered language of  the culture of sensibility, navigating the contemporary  issues of race, slavery, and politics. The book addresses  the White metropolitan and colonial preoccupation with  Black men's sexuality, which was intensified by the  Somerset decision of 1772. Sancho's was a unique and  influential voice in eighteenth-century Britain, making  this book an insightful read for scholars of anti-slavery  as well as gender, race, and imperialism in British  history. G. J. Barker-Benfield is Professor Emeritus of  History at the State University of New York, Albany , New  York, USA.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480778},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37420-3},
}