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First edition of life of runaway slave who became leading slavery abolitionist goes up for auction

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A rare first edition of one of the earliest accounts of 18th-century slavery, written by the first known Black Briton to have voted in England, will go under the hammer in the New Year. Charles Ignatius Sancho’s 1782 two-volume book The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African is one of the earliest accounts of … Read more

First edition of life of runaway slave who became leading slavery abolitionist goes up for auction

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A rare first edition of one of the earliest accounts of 18th-century slavery, written by the first known Black Briton to have voted in England, will go under the hammer in the New Year. Charles Ignatius Sancho’s 1782 two-volume book The Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African is one of the earliest accounts of … Read more

My ancestor WAS an abolitionist and he is being unfairly targeted, says ancestor of Henry Dundas

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An aristocrat whose ancestor has been condemned as a racist by Black Lives Matter campaigners has hit back – claiming his forefather should actually be praised for his role in ending slavery. Bobby Dundas, the 10th Viscount Melville, says that far from being a racist supporter of the slave trade, his seven-time great-grandfather Henry Dundas … Read more