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Ignatius sancho 1729-1780
the first african prose writer published in england, sancho became a financially independent male householder and the first known black british voter. born on a slave ship, sancho’s birthplace is unknown. when his mother died and his father committed suicide, the orphan sancho was taken to england. working as a butler,