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: Appropriation Registers
Catalogue reference: BT 388
What's it about?
BT 388
The Appropriation Registers record the allocation of an official number to ships registered in the UK and Dependant Territories. They document the ship's official number; name of the ship; tonnage; steam/sail; port of registration and date of...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 388
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Title (The name of the record)
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Appropriation Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1837-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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The Appropriation Registers record the allocation of an official number to ships registered in the UK and Dependant Territories.
They document the ship's official number; name of the ship; tonnage; steam/sail; port of registration and date of registration.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is structured in numerical order of ship's official number.
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Originals held at (The organisation that holds the original record)
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen
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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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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Records not yet transferred
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Registrar General 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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- Topics
- Taxation
- Merchant seaman
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The Registers were created at the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and have always been with that organisation.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- The seven Registers will be brought to TNA in a single transfer.
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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 registers were created by staff at the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen to facilitate the identification of vessels known only by their official number.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15943/
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Appropriation Registers
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