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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D3155/WH/2835
Title	Letters to Sir Robert John Wilmot, later Wilmot-Horton, from Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838), philanthropist
Date	May 1822-Dec 1827
Description	Concerning the trade in enslaved African people and Church Missionary Society policy in Africa, dated May 1822-Oct 1824 and Feb 1826-Dec 1827.
Extent	15 items
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Sir Robert John Wilmot, later Wilmot-Horton, baronet (1784-1841), Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1821-1828, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon 1831-1837
Archive Creator	Wilmot-Horton family of Osmaston and Catton, Derbyshire
Format	Document
Related Material	See Huntington Library, USA, for correspondence and papers of Zachary Macaulay, 1793-1838; and Oxford University Bodleian Library for correspondence of Macaulay relating to the Anti-Slavery Society (ref: MSS Brit Emp s 18 (C106)) and with William Wilberforce, 1803-1833 (ref: MSS Wilberforce; Don e 164-65). Series with other correspondents are held in various other repositories.
Term	Slavery
	Slaves
	Forced labour
	Ethnic groups
	Oppression
	Letters (documents)
Archivist Note	This catalogue entry has been amended in line with cataloguing procedures to address offensive and oppressive language, 10 November 2022 KM