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D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]
37 - Box 37
12
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D3287/37/12/1
Title
Typescript of a speech of Jacob Wainwright (originally Yamuza), attendant to explorer Dr Livingstone, at Church Missionary Meeting, Lenton and related papers
Date
25 Mar 1872-17 Jun 1874
Publication Date
October 2022
Description
Includes:
D3287/37/12/1/1 Typescript (4 pages long)
D3287/37/12/1/2 A cigarette card with a photograph of Wainwright standing with his right foot on a barrel and holding some netting containing sea debris in his left hand;
D3287/37/12/1/3 A print of a sketch of a leaf containing the wording 'Looking unto Jesus. Heb XII.2';
D3287/37/12/1/4 A card containing passages from Isaiah 30.15 and from the liturgy and hymns for the use of the Protestant Church of England, beginning "I'll spare needless thinking ..."
The envelope originally containing the transcript and related papers
Extent
4 items
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Term
Slavery
Slaves
Forced labour
Oppression
Ethnic groups
Colonialism
British Empire
Explorers
Indigenous populations
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Related Names
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Wainwright; Jacob ([c1859]-1892); attendant to explorer David Livingstone
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