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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
- E - Estate records - 1380-1940
  - C - Caribbean Estates - 1683-1898
    - 3 - Correspondence of plantation overseers - 1825-1856

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D239/M/E/21068-21084
Title	Charles Lewsey's accounts with Sir Henry FitzHerbert, the individual plantations and John and George Ivers, Kingston merchants: arranged in 3 yearly bundles
Date	1825-1827
Description	Detailed record of purchases, with costs, sale of sugar and rum, and crop accounts. Including payments - from named individuals for their manumission - to "negroes" and others to "search for runaways" (occasionally named) - to estate employees/contractors (e.g. bookkeeper, overseers, doctors)
Extent	1 bundle (17 items)
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Format	Document
Copies	Microfilm M787
Term	Slaves
	Slavery
	Forced labour
	Ethnic groups
	Oppression
	Resistance to oppression
	Financial records
	Statements of account

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