Read the excerpt from ThOughts and Sentiments. In these excerpts, how does Cugoano's purpose difer
from Sancho's purpose?
It is therefore manifest, that something else ought yet to
be done; and what is required, is evidently the incumbent
duty of all men of enlightened understanding, and of
every man that has any claim or affinity to the name of
Christian, that the base treatment which the African
Slaves undergo, ought to be abolished; and it is
moreover evident, that the whole, or any part of that
iniquitous traffic of slavery, can no where, or in any
degree, be admitted, but among those who must
eventually resign their own claim to any degree of
sensibility and humanity, for that of barbarians.
O Cugoano is hoping thata few enslaved people can be
released, while Sancho is hoping that Sterne can
abolish slavery altogether.
O Cugoano makes references to his Christian faith,
while Sancho stays away from the topic of religion
altogether.
O Sancho is humbly asking for someone's help, while
Cugoano is asking for immediate and drastic changes
in policies about slavery.
O Sancho is informing the general public about the
Read the excerpt from Letters of the Late lgnatius
Sancho, An African.
I am sure you will applaud me for beseeching you to give
one half hour's attention to slavery, as it is at this day
practised in our West Indies.-That subject, handled in
horrors of slavery, while Cugoano is writing a private
letter.
your striking manner, would ease the yoke (perhaps) of many-but if only if one- gracious god!- what a feast to a benevolent heart!-and sure I am, you are an epicurean in acts of charity, -you, who are universally read read, and as universally admired- you could not fail