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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/17950-17951 |
Title | Letter from William Sutherland to William Philp Perrin |
Date | 29 Jun 1803 |
Description | Blue Mountain has now produced 280 hogsheads of sugar and 170 puncheons of rum, a considerably better crop than on any neighbouring estate; an insurrection of 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples] near Kingston has been crushed (with duplicate). |
Extent | 2 items |
Level | File |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
Originals | Originals withdrawn. |
Copies | Microfilm M785 |
Term | Slavery |
Slaves |
Forced labour |
Ethnic groups |
Oppression |
Resistance to oppression |
Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM |