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
Colonial Office: High Commission for South Africa, Register of Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 545
What's it about?
CO 545
This series contains registers of correspondence from the High Commission for South Africa.
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 545
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: High Commission for South Africa, Register of Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1884-1927
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains registers of correspondence from the High Commission for South Africa.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For original correspondence see DO 9
For later registers see DO 1
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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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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Colonial Office, High Commissioner for South Africa, 1880-1925
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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27 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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4735/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: CO
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Colonial Office: High Commission for South Africa, Register of Correspondence
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