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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
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Catalogue reference: HO 45/335
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This record is about the This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings,... dating from 1843-1844 in the series Home Office: Registered Papers. 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)
- HO 45/335
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1843-1844
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Description (What the record is about)
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This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject heading. These headings, and details of this file, are as follows:
Prisons and Prisoners (See also Chaplains; Military Prisons; Gibraltar; Mauritius): Parkhurst: Treatment of prisoners (1843-1844).
Transportation: Convicts to be allowed to associate together before transportation (1843-1844).
Silent System (1843-1844).
HOME OFFICE: Letter of Secretary of State about convict discipline, to commissioners of Pentonville.
CONVICTS (See also Bermuda Convict Establishment, Gibraltar, Licenses, Mauritius, Pardons, Prisons and Prisoners, Transportation): Discipline: lectures of Mr. Adshead.
CONVICTS (See also Bermuda Convict Establishment, Gibraltar, Licenses, Mauritius, Pardons, Prisons and Prisoners, Transportation): Discipline: letter of Secretary of State.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- 335 A & B
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- 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))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Europe and Russia
- Americas
- Prisons
- Africa
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4727488/
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HO 45
Home Office: Registered Papers
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