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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D239/M/E/20511
Title	Letter from Samuel Rollstone from Barbados to William FitzHerbert:
Date	12 Jul 1756
Description	Has sent him pickles, sugar, and rum; reports on the state of the plantation; a 'negro' [Black peoples] has been murdered by one of his fellows; responds in injured tones to what he considers slurs on his character made by the late overseer, Benjamin Alleyne.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Turners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Format	Document
Copies	Microfilm M701
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Forced labour
	Ethnic groups
	Oppression
	Black peoples
	Sugar plantations
	British Empire
	Colonialism
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM

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Turners Hall Plantation	Settlement
West Indies	Region

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