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Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D239/M/E/20558 |
Title | Letter from Sir John Gay Alleyne to Sir William FitzHerbert: |
Date | 14 Jul 1791 |
Description | Welcomes FitzHerbert's "sensible and entertaining piece against the abolition of the African Slave Trade"; reports on the attempts of the legislature of Barbados to "settle the currency of our gold coin, so miserably mangled and clipt as it has been of late years ...". |
Extent | 1 item |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Archive Creator | Turners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados |
FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
Originals | Originals withdrawn |
Copies | A digital copy of this item (taken from the microfilm M/701). is available on the public computers at the record office. |
Term | Slavery |
Slaves |
Ethnic groups |
Forced labour |
Oppression |
Abolition of slavery |
Sugar plantations |