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HAP 35 - Letters from the Heart - Ignatius Sancho and Benjamin Banneker

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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Philosophical Reflections on Emotion and Justice

This chapter explores the lives and writings of Ignatius Sancho and Benjamin Banneker, emphasizing Banneker's impactful letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1791. It highlights Sancho's difficult beginnings and his rise to literary prominence, intertwined with themes of emotion, imagination, and the pursuit of justice.

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