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DCC - Derbyshire County Council - [18th cent]-2022
- CL - Communities, Culture and Heritage - 1875-21st cent
  - 2 - Derbyshire Record Office - 1906-2014
    - 5 - Projects - 2007-2013

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	DCC/CL/2/5/3
Title	Bicentenary of British abolition of the slave trade in 1807
Date	2007
Description	Derbyshire Record Office collaborated with Derbyshire Libraries in commemoration of the 2007 bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade. Outreach events included an exhibition at Chesterfield Library, a documentary history workshop at the record office for participants in a project led by Derby-based campaign group SOS Immigration, and the delivery at the University of London of a lecture on the record office's wealth of historical sources relating to slavery.
Level	Series
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Derbyshire County Council: Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Derbyshire County Council
Term	Slaves
	Slavery
	Oppression
	Forced labour
	Ethnic groups
Archivist Note	Complementary material is available in the relevant project folder in the EDRM.

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