Игнатиус Санчо цитаты

Игнатиус Санчо — композитор, актёр и писатель. Является первым известным афробританцем, голосовавшим на английских выборах. Приобрёл славу, как «необычный негр», для аболиционистов 18-го века он стал символом того, что африканцы такие же люди, как и все и что работорговля — аморальна. «Письма покойного Игнатия Санчо, африканца», опубликованные через два года после его смерти, являются первым письменным свидетельством африканского рабства, написанным в Англии бывшим рабом испанских и английских семей. Wikipedia  

✵ 1729 – 14. Декабрь 1780
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Игнатиус Санчо: Цитаты на английском языке

“A wise economy- without avaricious meanness, or dirty rapacity will in a few years render you decently independent.”

(from vol 2, letter 13: 29 Nov 1778, to Mr S___ in Madras) [this Mr S___ was Julius Soubise, former London playboy, who slowly made a new life for himself in India after fleeing England in 1777 due to a rape accusation]

“This- this- is liberty! genuine British liberty!”

This instant about two thousand liberty boys are swearing and swaggering by with large sticks
(from vol 2, letter 67: 6 Jun 1780, to J___ S___ esq).

“Were I as rich in worldly commodity, as in hearty will, I would thank you most princely for your very welcome and agreeable letter;- but, were it so, I should not proportion my gratitude to your wants;- for, blessed be the God of thy hope!”

thou wantest nothing- more than, what's in thy possession, or in thy power to possess:- I would neither give thee Money, nor Territory, Women, nor Horses, nor Camels, nor the height of Asiatic pride, Elephants;- I would give thee Books
(from vol 2, letter 60: 5 Jan 1780, to Mr J. W___e [still in India] ).

“We are in great hopes about poor Lydia.”

An honest and ingenious motherly woman in our neighbourhood has undertaken the perfect cure of her, and we have every reason to think, with God's blessing, she will succeed- which is a blessing we shall owe entirely to the comfort of being poor, for had we been rich, the doctors would have had the honor of killing her a twelvemonth ago.
(from vol 1, letter 28: 4 Oct 1775, to Miss L___ ) [sadly, little Lydia Sancho died in 1776]