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: Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical...
Catalogue reference: BT 350
What's it about?
BT 350
This series contains a microfiche copy of the CR 10 Central Index cards to the Register of Seamen which was kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen. Each card typically gives the following information: discharge A number;...
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 350
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical Series (CR 10)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1918-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a microfiche copy of the CR 10 Central Index cards to the Register of Seamen which was kept by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen.
Each card typically gives the following information:
- discharge A number;
- certificate of company number;
- name of seaman;
- year and place of birth;
- rank or rating;
- name and official number of ship;
- date of engagement of service.
This series was a special index created by order of the Defence of the Realm Act 1918. The origins and purpose of this index is unknown.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also BT 348
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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Cards dating from 1913 to 1918 were destroyed in 1969 for unknown reasons.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- CR 10
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Originals held at (The organisation that holds the original record)
- Southampton City Archives
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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)
- 3098 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format only
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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from 1998 Registry of Shipping and Seamen
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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)
- The original cards were held by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamenup to 1992 and the Registry of Shipping and Seamen from 1992.
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3386/
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical Series (CR 10)
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