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D3155 - Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton - [late 13th cent]-1985
- WH - Wilmot-Horton - 1301-1985
  - C - Bound volumes of letters (2nd series) "Subject Sequence" - 1807-1898
    - 16 - West Indies

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3155/WH/2938
Title	Letters in response to Sir Robert John Wilmot-Horton's speech on compulsory manumission
Date	Dec 1827-Mar 1829
Description	Also containing legal submissions on manumission and returns of enslaved persons employed on the Winkel establishment, Berbice [Guyana]
Extent	1 file
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Sir Robert John 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
Archive Creator	Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire
Administrative History	Berbice was colonised by the Dutch in 1627 and was ceded to the British in 1815. In 1831, it was merged with Essequibo and Demerara to form the colony of British Guiana [Guyana from 1966]. Winkel refers to the fact that the 'establishment' was Crown-owned.
Administrative History Sources	Randy M. Browne and Trevor Burnard (2017) 'Husbands and Fathers: The Family Experience of Enslaved Men in Berbice, 1819–1834' in New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, Volume 91: Issue 3-4, pp. 193–222. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/22134360-09101002
Format	Document
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Ethnic groups
	Forced labour
	Oppression
	Slave emancipation
	Letters (documents)
	British Empire
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 10 November 2022 KM