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| CONTENT WARNING | OFFENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
This catalogue entry and the archive it describes contain highly offensive and oppressive language. Some of the language has been included in the catalogue description to publicly reflect the attitudes of the time the records were written. |
| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D239/M/E/23940 |
| Title | Letter from J. C. Barker from Grenada to Sir Henry FitzHerbert: |
| Date | 2 Aug 1826 |
| Description | Reports on his position as rector of St. John and St. Mark; most of the 'negroes' [Black peoples] are French-speaking and Catholics; Methodism is losing ground rapidly; there is a school for children, free or 'slave' [enslaved African peoples]. Original withdrawn |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Originals | Originals withdrawn |
| Copies | Microfilm M788 |
| Term | Slavery |
| Slaves |
| Forced labour |
| Oppression |
| Ethnic groups |
| Black peoples |
| Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM |