![]() ![]() He often ends letters with the simple “Your Friend Ign. The closing letter salutations show that friendship is extremely important to Sancho. He appears to also vary his signature based on the purpose, content, and audience. Much like the topics of his letters touch on various subjects. However, more so than the content of the letters themselves are readers able to get a sense of Sancho’s thoughts on various topics by looking at his various closing salutations of his letters. He appears as one who is integrated into the middle class society and values his position as a friend and member of that economic class. The content of these letters are fascinating as readers get a true sense of Sancho’s complex but seemingly comfortable position as a property owning man of stature in 18 thCentury Britain. ![]() To Which Are Prefixed, Memoirs of His Life, Vol. ””Your most humble servant, IGNATIUS SANCHO.” These are just a few of the ways that 18 th Century Afro-Briton Ignatius Sancho ended his correspondence to friends as shown in selected letters published from his memoirs, Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, An African. ![]()
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