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Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African (1784)

Thursday 5 October 2017 at 19:09

The published correspondence of Ignatius Sancho, the first known Black Briton to vote in a British election, and the first person of African descent known to be given an obituary in the British press.

Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/letters-of-the-late-ignatius-sancho-an-african-1784/