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
War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: St Helena: Acts
Catalogue reference: CO 249
What's it about?
CO 249
This series contains acts passed by the government of St Helena.
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 249
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Title (The name of the record)
- War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: St Helena: Acts
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Date (When the record was created)
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1837-1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains acts passed by the government of St Helena.
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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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10 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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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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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No further accruals will be made into this series. A policy decision was taken in 1992 not to accession further copies of acts, proclamations or ordinances of dependent territories,colonies or states with governors appointed by the Crown as such acts are printed, published materials feely available from relevant reference libraries. This series was closed at the point of the latest transfer made as of 1992.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4440/
Catalogue hierarchy
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: St Helena: Acts
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