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: Transcripts and Transactions, Series II, Transcripts
Catalogue reference: BT 108
What's it about?
BT 108
This series contains transcripts of ships' registries kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor. The transactions in this series were reported on standard forms which were filed and bound separately from the...
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 108
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Series II, Transcripts
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1855-1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains transcripts of ships' registries kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen and its predecessor.
The transactions in this series were reported on standard forms which were filed and bound separately from the transcripts.
The records contain the following information:
- port registry number;
- name and home port;
- date and place of registration;
- names of masters;
- names, occupations and addresses of owners;
- place and date of construction or capture of prize;
- name and employment of surveying officer;
- nationality of building (British, Plantation or Foreign);
- number of decks and masts;
- depth of hold and tons burden;
- type of vessel;
- whether it had a gallery or figure head;
- official number;
- port number of ship;
- names and addresses of builders;
- particulars of engines;
- names, descriptions and addresses of owners and shares held.
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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)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 386 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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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
- Shipping
- Labour
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3149/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: BT
Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Series II, Transcripts
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