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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D3155/WH/2940 |
| Title | Volume marked '63', labelled 'Confidential papers on the West India question' |
| Date | Jun 1823-Oct 1826 |
| Description | Divided into sections, with contents as follows:
- Letters recording the meeting of the abolitionists with Mr Canning, Jun 1823
- Minutes of the abolitionists, meeting at Gloucester House, Feb 1824. Extracts from Lord Bathurst's letters to Wilmot Horton, 1824
- Copy Wilmot Horton letters to - and Mr Canning, Jan-Feb 1824
- Confidential lithograph of the West India committee deliberations, with a confidential memo from Maj Moody and Wilmot Horton's minute on this
- Letter to Mr Henry Drummond, Sep 1824
- Minute comparing the circular of the 9th July with the West India committee's recommendations
- Remarks on the Trinidad returns, 1825
- Private letters of Sir Ralph Woodford on the Order in Council, Feb 1826
- Differences between the Trinidad Order and the Demerara Ordinance, 1826
- Minutes on the state of the 'slave' [enslaved persons] question, 1825 and 1826
- Despatch and enclosure from Mr Ward to Mr (Secretary) Canning on sugar cultivation by free labour, addressed from Mexico, Mar 1826
- Minutes and correspondence addressed by Wilmot Horton to Lord Bathurst, Jan-Oct 1826 |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Level | Item |
| 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 |
| Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire |
| Related Material | See D3155/WH/2760 for letters from George Canning, 1822-1827
See D3155/WH/2748-2749 for correspondence between Wilmot-Horton and Lord Bathurst, 1826-1828
See D3155/WH/2849 for letters from Major Thomas Moody, 1821-1831
See D3155/WH/2901 for letters from Sir Ralph Woodford |
| Term | Slavery |
| Slaves |
| Abolition of slavery |
| Ethnic groups |
| Oppression |
| Resistance to oppression |
| Forced labour |
| Social reform |
| 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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