Black Georgian England
You're Dead to Me
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Ignatius Sancho, a Londoner
Ignatius sancho was born enslaved on a ship. When his mother dies, he was sent to be a servant to three sisters in london. Then he gets scooped up by a duke. He married a black woman from the west indies named anne. And they children, he called them the saint jonettestarites. In 17 74, montague helped sancho to open his own shop where he sold tobacco, sugar and tea. After the duke had died, sancho saw himself really as a londoner. He had famous friends and asked them to speak out against slavery. It's probably the first ever black person to vote
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