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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/17996 |
| Title | Letter from Francis Graham to William Philp Perrin: |
| Date | 12 Dec 1806-10 Jan 1807 |
| Description | Has purchased ten 'negroes' [Black peoples] payable in Blue Mountain sugar; there has been trouble among the 'negroes' [Black peoples] in the north of the island; but no trouble among the Grange Hill 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples]; personally, would prefer to settle a penn rather than a new sugar estate at Grange Hill |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | FitzHerbert family of Tissington |
| Originals | Originals withdrawn |
| Copies | Microfilm M785 |
| Term | Slavery |
| Slaves |
| Forced labour |
| Ethnic groups |
| Oppression |
| Black peoples |
| Archivist Note | This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 9 November 2022 KM |