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.
Piece
Egyptian: Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Egypt General
Catalogue reference: FO 1103/1104
What’s it about?
This record is about the Egyptian: Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Egypt General dating from 1925 Jan 01 - 1925 Dec 31 in the series Foreign Office: Registry: Day Books. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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FO 1103/1104
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Date (When the record was created)
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1925 Jan 01 - 1925 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Egyptian: Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Egypt General
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Retained Until 2016
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- International
- Middle East
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15664662/
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Series information
FO 1103
Foreign Office: Registry: Day Books
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Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
689,247 records
Within the department: FO
Records created or inherited by the Foreign Office
2,315 records
Within the series: FO 1103
Foreign Office: Registry: Day Books
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Egyptian: Abyssinia (Ethiopia); Egypt General
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