![]() ![]() He corresponded with many notable figures, including the author Laurence Sterne, whom he urged to write against slavery in the West Indies. Largely self-taught, he was the first black Briton known to have voted in parliamentary elections and to be given an obituary in the British press. Language eng Summary Born a slave, Ignatius Sancho (c.1729–80) became one of the most influential free Africans of his century.
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