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
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Log Books and Crew Agreements
Catalogue reference: BT 380
What's it about?
BT 380
This series comprises agreements and crew lists (with log books where they survive), for allied and commandeered ships, primarily covering the period of the Second World War and kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. The series...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 380
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Log Books and Crew Agreements
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Date (When the record was created)
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1936-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises agreements and crew lists (with log books where they survive), for allied and commandeered ships, primarily covering the period of the Second World War and kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. The series also contains standard documents used as substitutes for the agreements; T124, F124, T124T, T125, T777, RASC pool and Eng2. An explanation about the substitutes will be provided when available. There are some records from 1936 and others that extend the series to 1950.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Some of this collection has been added to:
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1236 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 2001 Registry of Shipping and Seamen
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred from the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen to the Registry of Shipping and Seamen in 1992. These records were temporarily retained by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen for operational purposes. These purposes were mainly the issue of new and replacement medals and the provision of information for war pension purposes.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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Series ran 1939-1950
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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The records are a discrete collection. Transfer is likely to be staged over a period of two years.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Acquisition criteria: The economic, social and demographic condition of the UK. Merchant seamen were a reserved occupation during the Second World War and their service on merchant ships was equivalent to service in the armed forces. In the immediate post-war period their contribution was essential to the recovery of the UK. A commitment was given to the Advisory Council in the mid-1990s that all of these records would be preserved.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15646/
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