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D77 - Gresley family of Drakelow - [12th-20th cent]
- 4 - Family and Personal Papers
  - 13 - Sir Roger Gresley MP 8th Baronet (1799-1837)

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D77/4/13/1
Title	Newspaper cuttings and transcriptions
Date	1753-1844
Description	Includes: Cutting re the 'Life of Milton' Cutting re 'Arguments on the Negro cause' Transcribed prayers Letter in French, 1759 [probably a copy made by Sir Roger Gresley] 'W N Gresley's Verses', 1819 [Latin]
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gresley family of Drakelow
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Forced labour
	Ethnic groups
	Oppression
	Slave emancipation
	Black peoples

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