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.
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Apprentices' Names: A - Z
Catalogue reference: BT 150/12
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This record is about the Apprentices' Names: A - Z dating from 1870 - 1874 in the series Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of Apprentices. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BT 150/12
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Date (When the record was created)
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1870 - 1874
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Description (What the record is about)
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Apprentices' Names: A - Z
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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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
- Labour
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C408509/
Series information
BT 150
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of Apprentices
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Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
2,674,133 records
Within the department: BT
Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
61 records
Within the series: BT 150
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of Apprentices
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Apprentices' Names: A - Z
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