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CONTENT WARNING	OFFENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE This catalogue and the archives 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/20767-20771
Title	Invoices of goods to be shipped to Barbados
Date	1752-1796
Description	1752, 1784, 1791, 1796 The 1784 invoice (D239/M/E/20769) is dated 31 Dec 1784, relates to goods sent to the plantation attorneys of Sir William FitzHerbert in Barbados, and mentions 410 yards of Penistone cloth, of the sort used for making clothing for 'slaves' [enslaved Afrian people].
Extent	5 items
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Turners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Copies	Microfilm M704
Related Material	See D239/M/E/20785
Term	Slavery
	Clothing
	Slaves
	Ethnic groups
	Forced labour
	Oppression
	Sugar plantations
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM

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