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CONTENT WARNING | OFFENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE LANGUAGE
This catalogue 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. | D239/M/E/18008 |
Title | Francis Graham to William Philp Perrin |
Date | 10 Dec 1807-5 Feb 1808 |
Description | An epidemic has laid low many of the 'negroes' [Black peoples]; five Blue Mountain 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples] have died; and one at Grange Hill; one of the trash houses at Grange Hill has been burned down; a very fine crop of corn at Vere has given that estate 3 years' supply in store. 10 December 1807/5 February |
Extent | 1 item |
Level | Item |
Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
Originals | Originals withdrawn |
Copies | Microfilm M785 |
Term | Slavery |
Slaves |
Black peoples |
Ethnic groups |
Forced labour |
Oppression |
Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive langauge, 9 November 2022 KM |