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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Series
Colonial Office: Natal Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 179
What's it about?
CO 179
This series contains original correspondence relating to Natal.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 179
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Natal Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1846-1910
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to Natal.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the Governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations), and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). With some case volumes. Each volume with a contents list, or a précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For correspondence after 1910 see CO 551
For correspondence relating to Zululand before 1898 see CO 427
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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256 volume(s)
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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
- International
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to this correspondence see CO 326 under 'Cape of Good Hope' before 1849, CO 357 after 1849. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714.
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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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In 1844 Natal was annexed to Cape Colony, from which it was separated in 1856. In 1910 it became a province of the Union of South Africa. Zululand was administered through Natal from 1887, and annexed to Natal in 1897.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4370/
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