Record revealed
Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
National Debt Office: Abolition of Slavery Act 1833, Registers of Compensation Paid...
Catalogue reference: NDO 4
What's it about?
NDO 4
These consist of payment books showing the sum awarded and the date of the Treasury warrant, and containing the signatures of the claimants' representatives; also miscellaneous accounts, certificates of deaths and marriages, correspondence etc.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- NDO 4
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Debt Office: Abolition of Slavery Act 1833, Registers of Compensation Paid to Slave Owners
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1835-1843
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Description (What the record is about)
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These consist of payment books showing the sum awarded and the date of the Treasury warrant, and containing the signatures of the claimants' representatives; also miscellaneous accounts, certificates of deaths and marriages, correspondence etc.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For records of the Slave Compensation Commission see AO 14 T 71
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- National Debt Office, 1786-1786
- Slave Compensation Commission, 1833-1842
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 33 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Slave Compensation Commission , 1846 (Deputy Keepers Report, VIII, app I, pp 22)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Slavery
- Population
- National debt
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The earliest records of the National Debt Office to be acquired appear to be those relating to slave compensation which had been held by the Slave Compensation Commission and were transferred to the Rolls House in 1846.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 abolished slavery in the British dominions, and a sum of £20 million was granted by Parliament to compensate the slave proprietors. The actual payment of the compensation claims awarded by the Slave Compensation Commissioners was made by the national debt commissioners under Treasury warrant.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249/
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Records of the National Debt Office, and related bodies
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National Debt Office: Abolition of Slavery Act 1833, Registers of Compensation Paid to Slave Owners
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