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CONTENT WARNINGOFFENSiVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE This catalogue entry 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.D3155/WH/2995
TitleComments on a pamphlet on the trade in enslaved African people
Date1826
DescriptionMar 1826. Copy letter from Rev T Gisborne of Durham to Wilmot Horton, with a copy of Wilmot Horton's reply. Compliments and opinion on Wilmot Horton's pamphlet on slavery in the West Indies
Levelfile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorSir 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
CopiesA digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
TermSlavery
Slaves
Ethnic groups
Forced labour
Oppression
Archivist NoteThis catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 10 November 2022 KM

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Wilmot-Horton, formerly Wilmot; Sir; Robert John (1784-1841); of Catton Hall, baronet, Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837
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