FIRST BLACK BRITISH VOTER | HISTORY IN COLOUR | Small Talk TV

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:52:42 +0000

This is the story of Ignatius Sancho. The first known Black British man to vote in an election and notable composer and writer. His letters regarding the Slave Trade helped to expose its atrocities and aided in humanising the perception of Africans to the wider British public in the 18th century.

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This Black History Month, we're releasing daily videos featuring the stories of forgotten individuals who have been systematically erased from history. Their contributions to society were ground breaking at the time and remain so today.

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