Note his date of death.

Originally shared by The Public Domain Review

It’s #blackhistorymonth here in the UK. To celebrate we feature the letters of the writer and musician Ignatius Sancho (c.1729–1780), the first known Black Briton to vote in a British election, and the first person of African descent known to be given an obituary in the British press: https://buff.ly/2y3mUz1