Ignatius Sancho
British composer, writer and grocer · Musicians · Lived 1729 to 1780 · aged 51
Charles Ignatius Sancho was a British writer, composer and abolitionist. Born on slave ship in the Atlantic Ocean, Sancho was sold into slavery in the Spanish colony of New Granada.
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![Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit which was thought to be a portrait of Sancho by Allan Ramsay{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/02/26/abolition_trading_faces_feature.shtml|title=Trading faces| first= John | last= Madin | access-date = 4 February 2024 | date=8 July 2008|website=BBC}}{{cite news|url=https://rammcollections.org.uk/2023/06/07/portrait-of-a-man-in-a-red-suit/|title=Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit|work=RAMM research blog|last=Parsons|first=Julien|date=June 2023}}"}},"i":0}}]}">[a] This has since been disputed.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Portrait_of_a_Man_in_a_Red_Suit_-_Unknown-_14-1943_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Portrait_of_a_Man_in_a_Red_Suit_-_Unknown-_14-1943_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit which was thought to be a portrait of Sancho by Allan Ramsay{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/02/26/abolition_trading_faces_feature.shtml|title=Trading faces| first= John | last= Madin | access-date = 4 February 2024 | date=8 July 2008|website=BBC}}{{cite news|url=https://rammcollections.org.uk/2023/06/07/portrait-of-a-man-in-a-red-suit/|title=Portrait of a Man in a Red Suit|work=RAMM research blog|last=Parsons|first=Julien|date=June 2023}}"}},"i":0}}]}">[a] This has since been disputed.[14]
Plaque in Greenwich Park, London
Plaque in King Charles Street, City of Westminster, London marking the location of Sancho's grocery store
Memorial stone in St Margaret's church, WestminsterAbout this person
After his parents died, Sancho's owner took the two-year-old orphan to Britain and gave him to three sisters living in Greenwich, where he remained for eighteen years. Unable to bear being a servant to them, Sancho ran away to Montagu House in Blackheath, London where John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu taught him how to read and encouraged Sancho's budding interest in literature. After spending some time as a butler in the household, Sancho left and started his own business as a shopkeeper, while also starting to write and publish various essays, plays and books.
