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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
E - Estate records - 1380-1940
C - Caribbean Estates - 1683-1898
J - Jamaican Plantations - 1683-1878
17 - Correspondence of plantation overseers - 1770-1819
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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/18008
Title
Francis Graham to William Philp Perrin
Date
10 Dec 1807-5 Feb 1808
Description
An epidemic has laid low many of the 'negroes' [Black peoples]; five Blue Mountain 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples] have died; and one at Grange Hill; one of the trash houses at Grange Hill has been burned down; a very fine crop of corn at Vere has given that estate 3 years' supply in store. 10 December 1807/5 February
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1 item
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Originals
Originals withdrawn
Copies
Microfilm M785
Term
Slavery
Slaves
Black peoples
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
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