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
War Office: Peacetime Operations Abroad, War Diaries and Headquarters Records
Catalogue reference: WO 191
What's it about?
WO 191
This series contains war diaries and related papers of British Empire forces deployed, for the most part, in the inter-war period in various locations around the world. These include campaigns in Abyssinia (1935 to 1936), Egypt (1935 to 1936),...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- WO 191
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Peacetime Operations Abroad, War Diaries and Headquarters Records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1927-1948
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains war diaries and related papers of British Empire forces deployed, for the most part, in the inter-war period in various locations around the world. These include campaigns in Abyssinia (1935 to 1936), Egypt (1935 to 1936), India (1930 to 1937), Palestine (1936-1938) and Shanghai (1927 to 1932). Also included are some papers relating to British peace-keeping activities in Palestine from 1945 until the end of the British Mandate in May 1948.
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 90 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14398/
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Over 27 million records
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Within the department: WO
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