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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: Zanzibar: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 618
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CO 618
This series contains Colonial Office correspondence relating to Zanzibar. The files contain in-letters and subsequent action including minutes and drafts of out-letters. The records relate to all aspects of internal administration, including...
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CO 618
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Zanzibar: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1840-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains Colonial Office correspondence relating to Zanzibar. The files contain in-letters and subsequent action including minutes and drafts of out-letters. The records relate to all aspects of internal administration, including public health, policing and economic regulation especially of agriculture and the clove industry.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further correspondence see CO 822 FO 107 FO 367
For correspondence dating from the Foreign Office's administration of Zanzibar see:
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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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88 files and volumes
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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
- Farming
- 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 772
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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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Zanzibar became a British protected state in 1890. Responsibility for Zanzibar was transferred from the Foreign Office to the Colonial Office in January 1914.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4808/
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