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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D239/M/E/20553
TitleRussell Gill to Sir William FitzHerbert: wet weather has had an adverse affect on the 'negroes' at Turners Hall; the crop was finished in August and was a third down on last year.
Date13 Oct 1787
DescriptionOriginal withdrawn: for copy, see microfilm M701
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorTurners Hall sugar plantation, Barbados
FitzHerbert family of Tissington
OriginalsOriginal withdrawn
CopiesMicrofilm M701
TermSugar plantations
Black peoples
Slaves
British Empire
Colonialism
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
BarbadosCountry
Turners Hall PlantationSettlement
West IndiesRegion
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