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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D239/M/E/16723 |
| Title | Malcom Laing to to William Philp Perrin: Perrin will have heard of the loss of the `Earl of Halifax'; to prevent future problems "you may insure 300 hogsheads of sugar from Blue Mountain this year on any ships loading at Morant Bay or Port Morant, more or less"; Blue Mountain is thriving, its "negroes" happy and contented; the plantation could produce 400 hogsheads in 1773, but more "negroes" will be required, as they will at Grange Hill, has not liked to move any "negroes" from Vere. |
| Date | 25 Mar 1771 |
| Description | Original withdrawn: for copy, see microfilm M784 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Format | Document |
| Originals | Original withdrawn |
| Copies | Microfilm M784 |
| Term | Slavery |
| Black peoples |
| Slaves |