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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Sudan: telegrams relating to the conquest. (Described at item level)
Catalogue reference: PRO 30/57/11
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This record is about the Sudan: telegrams relating to the conquest. (Described at item level) dating from 1896-1899 in the series Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- PRO 30/57/11
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1896-1899
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Description (What the record is about)
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Sudan: telegrams relating to the conquest. (Described at item level)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3303000/
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Series information
PRO 30/57
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers
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Within the series: PRO 30/57
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum: Papers
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Sudan: telegrams relating to the conquest. (Described at item level)
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