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.
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Extracted logs: Ship's name Perugia Official Number 113971 Date of Voyage 4 May 1911...
Catalogue reference: BT 165/569
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BT 165/569
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Date (When the record was created)
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1912
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Description (What the record is about)
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Extracted logs:
Ship's name Perugia Official Number 113971 Date of Voyage 4 May 1911 - 13 April 1912.
Ship's name Virginia Official Number 113980 Date of Voyage 22 April 1911 - 1 February 1912.
Ship's name Kilbride Official Number 113986 Date of Voyage 9 September 1911 - 18 April 1912.
Ship's name Kincraig Official Number 113991 Date of Voyage 20 June 1911 - 3 March 1912.
Ship's name City of Benares Official Number 114004 Date of Voyage 21 August 1912 - 10 November 1912.
Ship's name Silversand Official Number 114049 Date of Voyage 24 February 1912 - 28 September 1912.
Ship's name Soudan Official Number 114052 Date of Voyage 22 March 1912 - 18 April 1912 and 5 September 1912 - 31 December 1912 (2 separate logs).
Ship's name Somorli Official Number 114056 Date of Voyage 8 September 1911 - 21 January 1912 and 3 August 1912 - 19 November 1912 (2 separate logs).
Ship's name Roscommon Official Number 114066 Date of Voyage 2 August 1912 - 22 December 1912.
Ship's name Oswestry Grange Official Number 114066 Date of Voyage 4 January 1912 - 24 June 1912.
Ship's name Argyll Official Number 114403 Date of Voyage 14 September 1912 - 27 November 1912.
Ship's name Ivydene Official Number 114405 Date of Voyage 30 April 1912 - 29 July 1912.
Ship's name Heathdene Official Number 114408 Date of Voyage 6 February 1912 - 17 December 1912.
Ship's name Sailor Prince Official Number 114412 Date of Voyage 12 October 1912 - 16 December 1912.
Ship's name Elswick House Official Number 114416 Date of Voyage 23 October 1911 - 5 March 1912.
Ship's name Nembe Official Number 114427 Date of Voyage 11 September 1912 - 18 December 1912.
Ship's name Matfen Official Number 114439 Date of Voyage 4 October 1911 - 7 April 1912.
Ship's name White Swan Official Number 114444 Date of Voyage 10 October 1912 - 22 July 1912.
Ship's name Matatua Official Number 114599 Date of Voyage 3 November 1911 - 11 April 1912.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Merchant seaman
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1732428/
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BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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Within the series: BT 165
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Ships' Official Logs
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