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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
Committee of Imperial Defence, Historical Branch and Cabinet Office, Historical Section:...
Catalogue reference: CAB 44
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CAB 44
This series consists mainly of 'narratives' of events or 'Blue Books', prepared from primary sources to be used as a framework for writing the military histories. Some of these were prepared by respective Commonwealth Historical Sections and used...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CAB 44
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Historical Branch and Cabinet Office, Historical Section: War Histories: Draft Chapters and Narratives, Military
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Date (When the record was created)
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1914-1965
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists mainly of 'narratives' of events or 'Blue Books', prepared from primary sources to be used as a framework for writing the military histories. Some of these were prepared by respective Commonwealth Historical Sections and used in the British volumes. There are also some draft chapters of war histories of the First World War.
Most of the papers relate to the First and Second World Wars, although there are also files on German East Africa, 1884-1911, relations between Great Britain, Italy and the Senussi, 1912-1924; the occupation of the Rhineland 1918-1929 and of Constantinople 1918-1923.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Most pieces are arranged chronologically within original subject arrangement
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Committee of Imperial Defence, Historical Branch, 1914-1939
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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429 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1966 Cabinet Office
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3851/
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Committee of Imperial Defence, Historical Branch and Cabinet Office, Historical Section: War Histories: Draft Chapters and Narratives, Military
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