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
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: High Commission, Uganda: Registered Files
Catalogue reference: FCO 89
What's it about?
FCO 89
This series contains records produced by the British High Commission in Kampala.
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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FCO 89
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Title (The name of the record)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office: High Commission, Uganda: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1970-1976
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records produced by the British High Commission in Kampala.
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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)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Office, High Commission, Uganda, 1968-1976
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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20 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 2002 Foreign and Commonwealth 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
- International
- Africa
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series began in 1968
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Occasional further accruals can be expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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Selected under Acquisition Policy criterion 2.2.1.3, documenting the development of British relations with Uganda.
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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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Uganda became an independent sovereign country in October 1962, at which time a British High Commission was established in Kampala. Britain broke off diplomatic relations with Uganda in July 1976, at which time the High Commission was closed down. A British interests section was maintained in the French embassy in Uganda until June 1977, when it too was closed. Following the overthrow of President Amin in 1979, diplomatic relations between Britain and Uganda were re-established, and the High Commission reopened in April of that year.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15798/
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