Item 151 - J. Laing. Letter to Henry Fitzherbert.

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Slavery/Box 8/151

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GB 275 Slavery/Box 8/151

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J. Laing. Letter to Henry Fitzherbert.

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  • 5 October 1820 (Creation)

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9 pages; paper

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(fl 1808-1822)

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Attorney.

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Formerly D239/M/E/20792, Derbyshire Record Office.

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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.

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