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D3155 - Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton - [late 13th cent]-1985
- WH - Wilmot-Horton - 1301-1985
  - D - Bound volumes of letters (3rd series) - 1676-1838

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CONTENT WARNING	OFFENSiVE 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
Title	Comments on a pamphlet on the trade in enslaved African people
Date	1826
Description	Mar 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
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
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Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Ethnic groups
	Forced labour
	Oppression
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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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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