Ignatius Sancho and the British abolitionist movement, 1729-1786 : manhood, race and sensibility / G. J. Barker-Benfield.
Barker-Benfield, G. J., author.
2023
HT1163 .B37 2023
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Title Ignatius Sancho and the British abolitionist movement, 1729-1786 : manhood, race and sensibility / G. J. Barker-Benfield.
Author Barker-Benfield, G. J., author.
ISBN 9783031374203 (electronic bk.)
3031374207 (electronic bk.)
9783031374197
3031374193
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37420-3
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 264 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-37420-3 doi
Call Number HT1163 .B37 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 326/.80942
Summary 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.
Note Includes index.
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Chapter 1: "Considering slavery : what it is": Ignatius Sancho Appeals to Laurence Sterne
Chapter 2: "So many of her brethren and sisters": Sterne Replies to Sancho
Chapter 3: "The black must be discharged": Mansfield's Decision and its Aftermath
Chapter 4: "The poor fellow foams again": Castration for the Public Good
Chapter 5: "A Son of Afric": Amid Riots and Imperial War
Chapter 6: "To produce remorse in every enlightened reader": Frances Crewe's Publication of Sancho's Letters
Chapter 7: "Too well known to make any mention necessary": Sancho's Impact.

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