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D239 - FitzHerbert family of Tissington - [16th-20th cent]
- E - Estate records
  - C - Jamaica and Barbados Plantations - 1683-1898
    - J - Jamaican Plantations - 1683-1878
      - 17 - Correspondence of plantation overseers - 1770-1819

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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/18008
Title	Francis Graham to William Philp Perrin
Date	10 Dec 1807-5 Feb 1808
Description	An epidemic has laid low many of the 'negroes' [Black peoples]; five Blue Mountain 'slaves' [enslaved African peoples] have died; and one at Grange Hill; one of the trash houses at Grange Hill has been burned down; a very fine crop of corn at Vere has given that estate 3 years' supply in store. 10 December 1807/5 February
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	FitzHerbert family of Tissington
Originals	Originals withdrawn
Copies	Microfilm M785
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Black peoples
	Ethnic groups
	Forced labour
	Oppression
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive langauge, 9 November 2022 KM

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