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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: Registers of Wages and Effects of Deceased Seamen
Catalogue reference: BT 153
What's it about?
BT 153
This series contains registers of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen containing entries of the receipt of dead sailors' wages and effects, or their proceeds, handed to Shipping Masters by the masters of British ships under the Seamen's...
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 153
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Wages and Effects of Deceased Seamen
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1852-1889
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen containing entries of the receipt of dead sailors' wages and effects, or their proceeds, handed to Shipping Masters by the masters of British ships under the Seamen's Fund Winding-up Act 1851.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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)
- 22 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
- Pay and pensions
- Merchant seaman
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Indexes for this series are in BT 154 and BT 155
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3191/
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Registers of Wages and Effects of Deceased Seamen
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