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, Registries
Catalogue reference: BT 340
What's it about?
BT 340
Information forwarded from each port to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, detailing ships' initial registration (transcript) and subsequent amendments (transactions).The papers include the official numbers allocated by the Registrar...
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 340
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Transcripts and Transactions, Registries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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Information forwarded from each port to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, detailing ships' initial registration (transcript) and subsequent amendments (transactions).
The papers include the official numbers allocated by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, plus records of ships, names and amendments.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of ship
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 265 bundle(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Some pieces are fire or water damaged
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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
- Merchant seaman
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Board of Trade from 1872, transferred to Ministry of Shipping in 1939, to the Ministry of War Transport in 1941, to the Ministry of Transport in 1946, to the Board of Trade in 1965, to the Department of Trade and Industry in 1970, to the Department of Trade in 1974, to the Department of Transport in 1984 and to the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1872-1994
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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From 1872 the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen took over responsibility for the central registration of shipping and the allocation of unique ships' numbers which were retained regardless of change of name or ownership. In 1994 a computerised Ships Register was opened and Customs and Excise ships registers were closed.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3376/
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