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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/16609 |
| Title | Letter from Malcom Laing to Frances Perrin |
| Date | 3 May 1761 |
| Description | Will dispose of the stock and furniture at Retrieve and rent out the land; proposes purchasing 20 young 'negro' men [Black people] for Blue Mountain; a vessel with 18 puncheons from Grange Hill has been captured; also duplicate of D239/M/E/16607. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Originals | Original withdrawn |
| Copies | Microfilm M784 |
| Term | Slavery |
| Slaves |
| Ethnic groups |
| Forced labour |
| Black peoples |
| Oppression |
| Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM |