The story of
The Treason Trial in South Africa, 1956–1961
In June 1955, a multi-racial group came together to write the Freedom Charter, demanding racial equality and democracy in South Africa. They were put on trial.
Piece
Politics
Catalogue reference: FO 800/491
What’s it about?
This record is about the Politics dating from 1945 in the series Foreign Office, Private Offices: Various Ministers' and Officials' Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
Access information is unavailable
Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FO 800/491
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1945
-
Description (What the record is about)
- Politics
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
-
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))
-
Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- See FO 800/987
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4267590/
Series information
FO 800
Foreign Office, Private Offices: Various Ministers' and Officials' Papers
See the series level description for more information about this record.
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
689,270 records
16,458 records
You are currently looking at the piece: FO 800/491
Politics
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
Record revealed
Letters from the curator of St Vincent Botanic Gardens
Discover how plants travelled across the British Empire in the 19th century and the effect this has on our natural environment, and eating habits, today. -
Record revealed
The 1951 Refugee Convention
The 1951 Refugee Convention defined international obligations to refugees, but also exposed global tensions in a context of decolonisation and ongoing conflict.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.