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CONTENT WARNINGOFFENSIVE 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/16900-16901
TitleLetter from John Jaques and Ralph Fisher to William Philp Perrin.
Date18 Mar 1782
DescriptionThe heavy rains and the requirements of martial law will retard the crops; Sutherland, the overseer of Blue Mountain wishes to discontinue digging out the molasses bottoms of the hogsheads; suggest advancing Sutherland's salary to £200 a year, and increasing those of the other overseers, propose moving Thomas Baker, a book-keeper at Blue Mountain, to Vere as overseer; 'negro' women [Black peoples] are badly wanted at Blue Mountain where the men go a-roving among the neighbouring estates at night. (with duplicate)
Extent2 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
OriginalsOriginal withdrawn
CopiesMicrofilm M784
TermSlavery
Slaves
Ethnic groups
Black peoples
Forced labour
Oppression
Archivist NoteThis catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM
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