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: Apprentices' Indentures for Fishing
Catalogue reference: BT 152
What's it about?
BT 152
This series comprises apprentices' indentures for fishing kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
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 152
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Apprentices' Indentures for Fishing
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1895-1935
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series comprises apprentices' indentures for fishing kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
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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)
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 box(es)
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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
- Labour
- Fishing
- Merchant seaman
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- An index for this series is in BT 150
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- These records are specimens selected at five year intervals.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3190/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Apprentices' Indentures for Fishing
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