# Event Details

- **Event Name**: William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm – Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: From London to Edinburgh: William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the ArchiveAbout this EventSpeakers: Oliver Ayers, Professor of History and Higher Education, and Liberty Collard, PhD Research in History, Northeastern University, London.Hidden in the account books of the National Records of Scotland (NRS) is a name: William Sancho. He was a bookbinder, librarian, and trusted agent for one of Scotland's most powerful aristocratic families. But how did the records of a Black man born in Georgian London end up in an Edinburgh archive, and what can those records tell us about his life?William was the son of Ignatius Sancho, a formerly enslaved man who became a celebrated writer and composer. Yet William's own story has never properly been told until now. In this talk, Oliver Ayers and Liberty Collard draw on their newly published book, 'William Sancho and the Possibilities of Black British Lives in Late Georgian Britain' to show how William forged a multifaceted career that saw the younger Sancho undertake an apprenticeship and become a bookseller, rate-paying citizen and well-connected man about town. Sancho also contributed to the early vaccination movement and the campaign against slavery. Using archival materials held at the NRS as their starting point, Ayers and Collard will bring William's world to life, a life that was deeply woven into the fabric of British society.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/william-sancho-and-the-recovery-of-a-black-georgian-life-in-the-archive/100001984121828801
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Edinburgh
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: HM General Register House
- **lat**: 55.9537683
- **long**: -3.189256900000032
- **full address**: HM General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive being held?
  - **A:** William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive takes place on Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 04:30 pm to Wed, 10 Jun, 2026 at 05:30 pm at HM General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive?
  - **A:** William Sancho and the Recovery of a Black Georgian Life in the Archive is organized by National Records of Scotland.

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