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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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