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CONTENT WARNINGOFFENSIVE 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/17950-17951
TitleLetter from William Sutherland to William Philp Perrin
Date29 Jun 1803
DescriptionBlue Mountain has now produced 280 hogsheads of sugar and 170 puncheons of rum, a considerably better crop than on any neighbouring estate; an insurrection of 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples] near Kingston has been crushed (with duplicate).
Extent2 items
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorFitzHerbert family of Tissington
OriginalsOriginals withdrawn.
CopiesMicrofilm M785
TermSlavery
Slaves
Forced labour
Ethnic groups
Oppression
Resistance to oppression
Archivist NoteThis catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM
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