Today's #GoogleDoodle marks the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth . We're celebrating Ignatius Sancho, the British writer, composer and abolitionist, who was the first known person of African descent to vote in a UK general election.

Learn more → http://goo.gle/ignatius-sancho 

After being forced into slavery as a child, Sancho escaped and worked as a Butler for many years at Montagu House in Blackheath #GreenwichPark. Here, he made use of the private library and taught himself music, poetry & writing. Learn more → http://goo.gle/ignatius-sancho 

Sancho became a highly skilled and widely respected writer and composer. His musical compositions and eloquent calls for the abolition of slavery were both widely published. Learn more → http://goo.gle/ignatius-sancho 

Today’s #GoogleDoodle was illustrated by @KingsleyNebechi who wants his artwork to “pay homage to [Sancho’s] contributions and become a tool to re-introduce his great work to a new generation”.

Take a look at some of the early artistic concepts → http://goo.gle/ignatius-sancho