Ignatius Sancho was born on a slave ship on the Atlantic Ocean around 1729.
When the ship arrived in New Granada, Sancho was sold into slavery.
Tragically, his mother died shortly after arriving in the colony, and it is said that his father committed suicide rather than live enslaved.
Before Sancho was two years old, he was taken to England, where he was sold to three sisters in Greenwich and remained enslaved for 18 years.
To escape his enslavement, Sancho fled to London to Montagu House, the residence of the Duke of Montagu, who had encouraged him to read and paid him special attention during a visit to Greenwich.
During his stay at Montagu House, Sancho further developed his interest in literature, poetry and music, as well as writing.
There's a much older example of a black intellectual in Europe, who mastered Latin and taught as a professor at the university of Granada
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Latino
Yeah but we don’t have a picture of him looking sexy like old Sancho
Yeah, because it was way earlier. Portraits were mostly for kings and high nobility
Right…right or wrong, history porn (and the internet in general) only cares if there is a cool visual to go along with the subject