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
Home Office: Voluntary Services Unit (VSU Symbol Series) Files
Catalogue reference: HO 494
What's it about?
HO 494
This series deals with the role, contribution, functions and expansion of the voluntary sector and deals with a mix of operational and policy matters. It includes subjects such as committees set up to look into the role of the voluntary sector in...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HO 494
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Title (The name of the record)
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Home Office: Voluntary Services Unit (VSU Symbol Series) Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1938-2003
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series deals with the role, contribution, functions and expansion of the voluntary sector and deals with a mix of operational and policy matters. It includes subjects such as committees set up to look into the role of the voluntary sector in the field of social services, community work and development, government support and review of funding of local projects, urban programmes, research into victims of crime, rehabilitation of drug users, race relations and support for displaced refugees from overseas.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
- VSU Symbol 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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- Home Office, 1782-1782
- Home Office, Community Programmes and Equal Opportunities Department, 1977-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 486 file(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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From 2018 Home Office
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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
- Refugees
- Race relations
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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 Voluntary Services Unit was responsible for the co-ordination of government action in relation to voluntary services.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11689468/
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