Ignatius Sancho

by Judy Hepburn

Greenwich 1738, and eight-year-old Ignatius lives with three sisters. Not as a member of their family, but more or less a pet - a toy. He serves them breakfast, lunch and dinner, fetches and carries, does their bidding and all without thanks or a smile. He lives with the constant possibility of being sent away to a sugar plantation - to endure back-breaking work away from everything and everyone he has ever known. When the threat of being sent back to the West Indies to be enslaved on a plantation becomes suddenly all too real, Ignatius must escape and start to build a real and brilliant life for himself.

156 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

Reviews

[Janette Hamilton · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting story, and I learned a lot about slave trade and it was a very enjoyable read

[Ille · Rating 4 out of 5]

'Ignatius Sancho' by Judy Hepburn is a very good book in the My Story series published by Scholastic. Each book in the series is written in diary format with the author writing as though they are the main character.
This book is about Ignatius Sancho, a young slave who grew up to be the first black man to vote in the United Kingdom after he had finally found his way to freedom.
A very inspiring book that I recommend to anyone.