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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
Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Central and Southern Africa:...
Catalogue reference: OD 31
What's it about?
OD 31
This series contains files of the Southern Africa, Malawi and Africa (General) Department covering technical assistance and capital aid to the developing countries within the geographical split.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- OD 31
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Technical Co-operation and successors: Central and Southern Africa: Registered Files (CSA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1964-1986
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files of the Southern Africa, Malawi and Africa (General) Department covering technical assistance and capital aid to the developing countries within the geographical split.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- CSA file series
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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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- Department of Technical Co-operation, 1961-1964
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Central and Southern Africa Department, 1964-1966
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Eastern and Southern Africa Department, 1975-1979
- Ministry of Overseas Development, Southern Africa, Malawi and Africa (General) Department, 1967-1970
- Ministry of Overseas Development, West and Central Africa Department, 1975-1979
- Overseas Development Administration, Central and Southern Africa Department, 1979-1995
- Overseas Development Administration, Southern Africa and Africa General Department, 1973-1975
- Overseas Development Administration, Southern Africa, Malawi and Africa (General) Department, 1970-1973
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 537 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1992 Overseas Development Administration
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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
- Aid and development
- Africa
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- OD 31/357-367 were selected for premanent preservation following an accelerated review process under the Open Government Initiative in the Overseas Development Administration which identified certain subjects whose records could be released early, including these files on humanitarian drought relief to Central Africa in 1982-1984.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11402/
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