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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/17843 |
Title | Letter from William Sutherland to William Philp Perrin |
Date | 14 Jan 1798 |
Description | Treating with Affleck should be suspended or abandoned unless his terms become more reasonable; is now inclined to believe that the 'slave' [enslaved African peoples] population cannot increase naturally unless many more females are kept, and more attention paid to provisions; suggests keeping a small gang on Blue Mountain solely to raise provisions. |
Extent | 1 item |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
Originals | Originals withdrawn |
Copies | Microfilm M785 |
Term | Slavery |
Slaves |
Ethnic groups |
Forced labour |
Oppression |
Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive langauge, 9 November 2022 KM |