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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D3155/WH/2835 |
| Title | Letters to Sir Robert John Wilmot, later Wilmot-Horton, from Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838), philanthropist |
| Date | May 1822-Dec 1827 |
| Description | Concerning the trade in enslaved African people and Church Missionary Society policy in Africa, dated May 1822-Oct 1824 and Feb 1826-Dec 1827. |
| Extent | 15 items |
| Level | file |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Sir Robert John Wilmot, later Wilmot-Horton, baronet (1784-1841), Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837 |
| Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire |
| Format | Document |
| Related Material | See Huntington Library, USA, for correspondence and papers of Zachary Macaulay, 1793-1838; and Oxford University Bodleian Library for correspondence of Macaulay relating to the Anti-Slavery Society (ref: MSS Brit Emp s 18 (C106)) and with William Wilberforce, 1803-1833 (ref: MSS Wilberforce; Don e 164-65). Series with other correspondents are held in various other repositories. |
| Term | Slavery |
| Slaves |
| Forced labour |
| Ethnic groups |
| Oppression |
| Letters (documents) |
| Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 10 November 2022 KM |
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