Identity area
Reference code
Slavery/Box 8/151
Unique identifier
GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/151
Title
J. Laing. Letter to Henry Fitzherbert.
Date(s)
- 5 October 1820 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
9 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Formerly D239/M/E/20792, Derbyshire Record Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Provides a history of William Perrin’s, and Perrin’s father’s, ownership of properties in Jamaica. Assures him that the slaves are treated with ‘humanity’, claiming that ‘in no part of the Kings dominions are the town classes more comfortable, more happy, or more fully protected than our Negro population find themselves in Jamaica.’ Manuscript.